Atletico Madrid's road to La Liga ... a deal with Luis Suarez and a re-story of David Villa

Seemingly cinematic story.

Perhaps the image of David Villa holding the Spanish League title in Atletico Madrid in 2014 came to mind today, which is repeated today with Luis Suarez, but the difference is that the Uruguayan striker refused to appear even in the closing scene to be his hero.

Some talk about not all competitors deserving the Spanish League title and being the weakest version of the tournament among recent years, despite the competition and heat that surrounded it and the musical chairs struggle until the last round.

Others believe that Atletico Madrid is the right, as it is always the weaker party in the equation and the least fortunate with regard to the initial nominations, but all of this has become a part of the past after the title was officially decided.

Luis Suarez snatched the headlines from everyone, and his image was the most popular thing after Barcelona had neglected him, under the pretext that he had become a dependency on the team, to be crowned La Liga with the Rojiblancos, and left them without a support, and without Liga  

Suarez .. the password

Suarez Atletico Madrid 2021

Before the start of the season, Atletico Madrid signed a historic goal-scorer not only in Barcelona, ​​but in all the clubs that wore their jersey since the beginning of his football career, a man with experience in various European leagues, which makes him an added value for any team.

 His playing style, his troubled personality and his view of football in the Latin way are all things that match the character of Atletico Madrid led by Simeone in recent years more than Barcelona, ​​despite all his historical contribution to the Catalan club.

Suarez did not need much time to translate all these data into real results, and he was the top scorer in the Spanish League until the 20th round, and led the Rojiblancos to the top of La Liga by a large margin over Real Madrid and Barcelona until the end of the first round.

With the fall and the raging of the competition, the goals of Suarez appeared again to be the password, and for history to remember him well, the goal of the coronation was also from his feet, so that the final image was the best expression of the course of the season.

In the last years of Suarez with Barcelona, ​​the Uruguayan striker was not at his best compared to the years before it, but he was always distinguished by decisiveness and the ability to appear in difficult times, especially in La Liga matches. What happened in the last years of Barcelona happened this season, as Suárez was not decisive in the Champions League and fell into gaps during the season, but he did not give up his ability to decide, which seems to be lost with the passage of years.

Deals

Atletico Madrid champions 2021

Simeone abandoned Alvaro Morata, who went to Juventus on loan, and compensated him with the best compensation by contracting the serial killer Luis Suarez, who is considered one of the most successful deals for Atletico in recent years.

Suárez came to bring with him personality, strength and the ability to decide, in glimpses whose secret Diego Simeone always knows, how not and he is the owner of the eye that snatches those who the world believes are over, but they prove otherwise by simply wearing the Rojiblancos shirt, and for you in Diego Ribas, Mandjukic and Diego Costa before Suárez Live examples.

In addition to Morata's departure, Atletico suffered a strong shock after he was forced to abandon his Ghanaian star, Thomas Partey, who left for Arsenal after activating the penalty clause in his contract.

In order to compensate him, the capital club resorted to contracting with Geoffrey Kondogbia from Valencia, Lucas Torreira, the failed deal from Arsenal, as well as Yannick Carrasco.

In January, the Spanish club continued to consolidate, by contracting Moussa Dembele from Lyon on loan, but he did not appear in only 5 matches in the Spanish League.

In the end, we find that Atletico entered the season with better preparation than Real Madrid and Barcelona at the level of Mercato and the internal conditions were somewhat stable, and this step may have been the beginning of the right path towards regaining the title.

Quick comparison

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Atletico this season was not the biggest attacking force in La Liga, as it comes in second place with 67 goals on a par with Real Madrid, behind Barcelona, ​​the best offensive with 84 goals.

But the ability of the Rojiblancos to settle points was the key behind his crowning of the La Liga, and the effectiveness of Luis Suarez's goals in particular was something that could not be overlooked by talking about the decision.

As for the defensive side, coach Diego Simeone's team is considered the most solid this season, as it has conceded 25 times, compared to 28 for Real Madrid, which is expected given the way Cholo plays.

Atletico's results against the adults were average, as they tied once and won the other against Barcelona, ​​won and lost against Seville and the same thing with Athletic Bilbao, defeated Valencia back and forth, lost and tied with Real, but distinguished themselves in collecting points against small and medium teams.

As for Real Madrid, it won back and forth against Barcelona, ​​drawn one time and won the other against Atlético, and the same position was repeated with Seville, winning once, losing once against Valencia and twice over Athletic Bilbao.

Which puts us before the fact that coach Zinedine Zidane's team was the best in the big dates, but it missed some easy points, for technical reasons and others because of the injuries and extreme difficulties that the team went through.

On the other hand, Atletico maintained its balance, and finally enjoyed the length of breath that it had missed for years, to be more ready and perhaps the most deserving of this season to achieve the title.