No one could imagine after that Julian Alvarez demonstrate his Spider instinct to give his first peck on the Champions which the defense of the Lille and as Sorloth There were chances that Atlético was going to break its best streak of consecutive victories (six) at home. Or yes, because what should have been 4-0 at half-time if the Norwegian had not been denied in front of goal, would turn into a nightmare in the second half.
A night to forget, right after the crash in Lisboa (he Atlético had not lost two games in a row in the top continental competition since matchday 3 of the 22-23 season when it fell in Leverkusen and Bruges consecutively by 2-0), which sets off all the alarms. To the point that on the fourth day, neither more nor less than in Paris and above all a PSG, those of Simeone They are already competing in a final to stay alive in the competition.
Five key games
It is true that there will still be five more games left (three away from home and two at home). Metropolitan) to straighten the course, but the harsh reality indicates that the Atlético It lives in 27th place in the classification, outside of the positions that even give a pass to the next round through a qualifying round. Hence there is no choice but to start adding three.
Atlético de Madrid’s life is complicated after being defeated by Lille at the Metropolitano.
A compromising situation that comes after an unexpected comeback that Atlético had not suffered since their first match of Champions in the Metropolitanin the 17-18 season in which Chelsea, with Morata at the helm, would make the debut bitter (1-2).
Fifth comeback
In fact, only three times as much Atlético would go to the canvas after getting ahead: in front of the Benfica in it Calderón (1-2) in the second day of the group stage of the 15-16 campaign, in the first leg of the quarterfinals of that same year in the Camp Nou (2-1 for Barcelona) and in the unfortunate final of the Lisbon Champions in 13-14.
A comeback, precisely, is what the team needs now. Atlético so as not to say goodbye at the first change of a Champions in which, in just three games, he has already conceded eight goals, two more than in ten games of LaLiga.
