One of the keys since Simeone arrived at Atlético de Madrid is to keep their stadium as a fortress, thus losing few matches. Yesterday, the red-white team earned three points again against a rival that was very inferior, Valencia. With this victory, the colchoneros now have 25 victories out of the 30 games played at the Metropolitano since last season.
There is currently no other club in Europe that has better home records than Atlético Madrid . Only Liverpool comes close to Simeone's team, also achieving 25 victories, but in 31 games. Two more games will be played at the Metropolitano in the near future, one against Leipzig in the Champions League and the other on the 29th against Real Madrid .
Atlético is Leading Europe
Surely, one of the few positive news of last season was the performance of the red-white team when they had to play in front of their fans. Simeone managed to equal the record of home wins in the league championship, reaching 16 , the same as in the 1991-92 season. In fact, the colchoneros were able to take the victory in all the Champions League games they played at the Metropolitano.
Only Getafe, FC Barcelona, Osasuna and Athletic Club have managed to get at least a draw at the home ground. This good performance has continued to be reflected this season, with Atlético de Madrid having two wins and one draw at home. With all this, they have now won 25 games in 30 between last season and this one, making them the leaders of Europe.
Only Liverpool are close to that statistic, having won 25 of their last 31 home games at Anfield. Obviously, it won't be easy for the Madrid club to stay at the top of that table, as the upcoming matches were very demanding. Leipzig and Real Madrid will be the next teams to visit the Metropolitano in a month that will be packed with matches.
Simeone Needs his Entire Squad
Another important aspect to highlight is that the Argentine coach has already given the opportunity to add minutes to almost all of his squad, except for three players. The only ones who haven't been able to participate in any match yet are Thomas Lemar , Javi Galán and Clement Lenglet . Among them, the only one who hasn't been included in any list of those recruited is the French midfielder, who is training alone.
In this scenario, it seems that Simeone will be able to have almost all of his players at a good level, with any of them being able to play in any upcoming match. In addition, other players such as Marcos Llorente, Robin Le Normand or Conor Gallagher are showing a great level that continues to keep them as starters. The only thing that Atlético de Madrid still needs to improve is to fine-tune their aim, creating many scoring situations but having difficulties converting them.