"He who keeps losing the exact same battle over and over again....SUCKS ASS"
Truer words have never been spoken.
Atletico have had Madrid's number, girl, house, car and breakfast this season. The ease at which tactically they have opened their ass up has understandably gotten many Madrid fans fearing yet another beating.
But there are times when things change. You can never be caught doing the same thing over and over....and over again. Makes no sense. So this is the time where Madrid will turn that tide, but as the matches have shown, it won't be easy.
Ancelotti must realise as it has been proven, talent alone can't beat Atletico. Barcelona can beat them that way because they have more talented and skillful players. With Real, they don't have dribblers. Instead they have quick players who have great finishing. So I see no reason why Real don't invite pressure from Atletico and hit them when they are thin at the back with Cristina and Bale.
Many have said it and it looks to be true. Atletico are tiring. They are a high intensity team, and you just can't keep that up for a whole season. You can even look at that Leverkusen game and see that without Costa, they lack that deadly marksman. Without him, once the season gets tighter as well as the matches....that's where he will be missed the most. Because this is a FULL season and not just half a season. They were amazing at the start, but it's not how you begin....it's all about how you finish, and we are yet to see what magic Simeone can conjure from the talents of Turan, Griezman and co. to see them through.
I'm rolling with Madrid. The way that defence has been coughing up goals and chances, I sound like a prick saying that. But things do change, the tide ebbs and flows and if one team will be really motivated and fired up, it will be Real. Because he who loses the same battle again and again....
PS A bit of tracking back from certain players would not be bad idea as well.
