ESPN FC’s Julien Laurens shares his thoughts on Atletico Madrid’s disappointing 1-0 loss to Sevilla in La Liga, blowing the title race wide open. Laurens outlines the paths for Barcelona and Real Madrid to get to the top of the table, and questions if Atleti players have lost faith in manager Diego Simeone after another tactical disaster.
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There is a conspiracy by La Liga to screw Atletico out of the title. They don’t want anybody but the darlings Real Madrid and Barcelona to win because they are the most marketable. This match against Sevilla is proof, no unbiased human beings could possibly watch the penalty and handball incidents and make those decisions. If Atletico win the title despite the corruption, it will be a victory for football in Spain and around the world
On 3rd place with 43 goal devicid? They remember how to score
Interesting.
when Zidane said the league isn't over until it's over, this is what he meant.
I would’ve said that when Chelsea comfortably beat them home and away
Atletico have absolutely choked I want to like atletico to break the axis of dominance but they're such a rotten rancid horrible team I'd honestly rather barca or real keep winning to keep them in their place
Atleti still takes La Liga.
LA LIGA is helping so hard to make Barca win game. Specially Alaba handball Today. Total Degrece
Respeto.
Es el Sevilla FC y no el Sevilla como pone el título del vídeo.
Un saludo.
Why tf is he say kondozia?? This french mule needs to learn how to speak
Diego Simeone has done a great job with Atletico Madrid over the years but maybe it's time for him to leave at the end of the season and join one of the Italian clubs Ac Milan Juventus or maybe Inter Milan would be perfect for him. Looks like Atletico Madrid have thrown away the La Liga Title so I believe they need a new manager with Fresh ideas for the club.
I underestimated Zidane and my beloved Real Madrid. I'm sorry. But if we keep up consistency. And beat Barcelona. We win La Liga. Hala Madrid!
First in history me ( a FCB Fan) and my brother (a RMA Fan ) supported the same club
Remember when Real Madrid was 13pts behind and everyone laughed at Zidane that la Liga is still open. Well.. here's your ?
The Thing About Barcelona is – they'll do great if they support Messi & keeps their head up . Since Neymar's arrival , I didn't see that untill few months ago . Once again they feel the urge of winning . You see I was watching 2018-19 Season of Barcelona of pretty closely & I knew they won't win even with great scorecards. I saw a match where Messi picked the ball from a C.B Position & was dribbling while others players were just staying there & watchin him. How tf you supposed to win with that squad ? Problem was the Manager there coz all those players turned bad in few months from being great . Atletico on the other hand lacks quality now , they lose their players & don't have enough funds. You see Teams like Barca & real can sign bigger players all the way up but Atletico can't. Unfortunately luck doesn't favour them as well .
i still remember when these idiots said that Barca will not even finish top 4 this season
Cmon man Lemar is useless, one of the many big flop signings by atleti recently. Proper flop.
Advantage real Madrid
Imagine back in December everyone was like "atletico is a runaway bride". Look at them now, old and wrinkled, can't even find a date.
Stfu jules lema did nothing
yet barca fans want koeman out………
Why do everyone complain about the ESPN people, everyone have different opinions get over it.
Dan said at the end of the July at the start ?
It's barca and Madrid title now
No TOP club will blow a 10 point lead
ESPN I just want to point out that Real Madrid are still in Top 3 …. and Barca … Football is unpredictable. You guys should know this ?.
Simone bottling it
Maybe it's the time for the end of the relationship between Atlético de Madrid and Simeone. I would like to see Mourinho in Atletico de Madrid and Simeone in Spurs. New era for both clubs and coaches.
If I were at Atleti supporter I would be calling for Simeone's head. He has done a lot for Atleti and should get a statue outside the metropolitano, but he has been getting it consistently wrong for a long time.
I thought he was trying to change but during any big game he always reverts back to type with an 8/9 man low block. Be it two banks of 4 or 5 and 4.
And Koeman was hot dumpster fire juice at the beginning of the season. So much so that he was even making Messi look bad, and that takes Maradona levels of managing, so let's not pretend like Koeman is the second coming of Cruyff and he needed time to bed in.
This fool even said that this squad (referring to to current Barça squad) isn't good enough to win titles. I wish I was kidding. Mind you, this team has the goat, Dembélé, Pedri, who everyone was raving about, Busquets, De Jong, Dest who is young but is a top prospect as well, Alba, etc. This is a team who made 82 points with all the turmoil last season. It was later revealed that Messi and Suárez flat-out refused to train at some point.
So at the very least I expect a 41 point haul on the first 19 games and not a pitiful 37. To put this into perspective, during the 07/08 season when we gave a guard of honor at the Bernabeu some 14 points behind Madrid, a Barcelona led Rijkaard made 40 points in the first half.
Having 37 points is not something to be proud of. The fact that we still have a chance at the league has more to do with Simeone losing the plot and just the overall mediocre state of affairs in Spanish football, than Koeman being this underrated tactical genius. If he were that clever, he should have known NOT to leave Dest 2 v 1 vs Mbappe and Kurzawa in the first leg.
Or tried to use his revolutionary 3-0-7 tactic against Madrid in el clasico which ended in US conceding 3 but with an xG of 4-5. At least that's what it felt like at the time. Or against Cadiz, or against Granada in the second half.
I'm pretty sure Dan doesn't even watch Barcelona regularly so he should pipe down. He's just trying to stir the pot, like usual.
Good luck Barcelona I'd love to see them won It for koeman as everyone has given him stick ✌️So It be great to see him prove them all wrong.
Yall said they won the title already. No one will stop them
El classico will be the key to win la liga for both the teams…if barca win they will not be dependent on other team to beat real Madrid ..same for real madrid also….
If real win el classico then real has to win every single game and real will becoome champions bcz after losing from real if barca won all the games then also they will be 1 point behind….and if barca won then it's game over for real bcz then barca will be in 5 points lead from real….
But 1 twist if from now also Atletico won every single game then Atletico will be champions….
So Atletico has to loose 1 more game or draw 1 game???
Barcelona. Will win la Liga
Imagine if this was jose mourinho
2:35 Answer the Question idiot.
Can we all remember when Julien Laurens said Barça won't make top 4?
And no one talks about Sevilla's performance.
20 wins 3 defeats… how is this showing that players lost faith ?
No shame in losing away to Sevilla. Apart from the Barcelona game, Atletico have some really nice games coming up.
Barcelona still have Real, Atletico, Getafe, Villarreal and Valencia. Real Madrid have Barcelona, Getafe, Sevilla, Villarreal.
I think whoever wins Classico this week will be LaLiga champions…
Barcelona needs to win tonight 100% ???
This might end on goal difference
Someone should leave because he has offered everything he had.
He does not have anything more to offer.
He was great until 2018. Now Atletico need a new direction.
As long as Messi plays barca will never be out of any league at anytime ??
Rip defensive football this 2021
At 1 point Barcelona were 500-1 to win the league. And I didn’t place even 1 dollar on it.
Simeone is a Dinasour he’s finished
If Atletico don't win the league this year, it will be one of the greatest bottle jobs of recent decades… When they were like 13 points or so ahead – It should have been a done deal. Terrible.
Barcelona and Real Madrid fans be like : Hehe Boiii
Ali moreno???