A no one has any doubt that Robin Le Normand To date, this is the signing that is offering the best performance in the Atléticosince he has managed to put an end to the defensive bleeding that prevented those of Simeone fighting for higher levels last season. The problem is that the numbers also endorse that feeling, evidencing a harsh reality: without the Frenchman the red and whites are vulnerable again.
After resting in front of the Ray just a few days after returning from his journey with the Spanish team in which he is also a pillar and missing the visit to the Benfica as a consequence of the head trauma with subdural hematoma that he suffered in the last moments of the derby when he collided with TchouameniLe Normand’s background at Atlético is summarized in eight games played. Or what is the same, 720 minutes with only four goals conceded (the two from Villarreal in the 2-2 on the first day, the one scored by Leipzig in the 2-1 in the Champions League premiere and the one in the 1-1 against Real Madrid) and five clean sheets (Girona, Espanyol, Athletic, Valencia and Celta).
A full-fledged wall that contrasts with the hole it leaves behind when it is not planted on the green. Thus, in the 180 minutes (Vallecas and Da Luz) without Le Normand, Oblak has reached receive a little more, five. A palpable difference that is summarized in a goal conceded every 36 minutes when the head central defender does not play and in three hours in between received if the right-handed center back is part of the line of five.
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A challenge against Real
Although one player does not make a team, what is undeniable is that Le Normand’s presence on the field greatly strengthens a defense that next Sunday will once again face the challenge of playing without its banner. In this sense, what was the defensive bastion of the Royal Society In the last five years he will not be able to reunite with his past, because until the hetamoma suffered in his head subsides he will not compete again, thus weakening the foundations of Atlético.
