Real Madrid have won six wins from six matches in the 2022/2023 Spanish League. Atletico Madrid manager Diego Simeone even had to give praise to rival teams.
The praise was given after Atletico became Madrid's sixth victim in La Liga this season. In the 6th week, Atletico lost 1-2 to Madrid at the Wanda Metropolitano, Monday (19/9/2022) early morning WIB.
Atletico is not completely helpless. Los Rojiblancos were able to attack several times, but not enough to find the visitors' goal twice.
Simeone considers that Madrid are superior in terms of defense and attack. This is what makes Madrid so difficult to hold and beat.
Good job
Simeone praised Madrid, especially to Carlo Ancelotti, who incidentally is a rival team. According to him, Madrid has done a very good job.
Madrid defend very low very well. On the other hand, Madrid is also deadly on the counter-attack.
"With that kind of ability, they can play well. I congratulate Madrid. The game was a good job by the Madrid coach [Carlo Ancelotti]," Simeone told Movistar+.
Almost Draw
Atletico can indeed outperform Madrid in terms of shots. The 12 shots released by Antoine Griezmann et al were twice as many as those released by Madrid (6).
"We tried hard, at least we almost drew. But it's true that a team that defends is as organized as they are and can counter-attack like that, I like it," said Simeone.
"Madrid defended really well. They didn't run a lot, but they managed to close the space. Then they could do a deadly counter-attack. They really have incredible power."
stuck
Atletico are stuck in 7th place due to this defeat with only 10 points collected. This defeat is also Atletico's successive defeat in the last two matches.
In the previous match, Atletico were also forced to lose in the 2022/2023 Champions League group stage. Atletico lost 0-2 to representatives of Germany, Bayern Leverkusen.
Meanwhile, Madrid again took over the top of the standings from the hands of Barcelona. A perfect points from six games puts them two points higher than Barcelona.