The improvement across the board has been off the charts. Since the break, Atleti have registered 2.37 points per game, 2.05 goals scored per game (compared to 1.5 before) and 0.63 goals conceded per game (compared to 1). Going into the World Cup, Atleti were fifth, with 1.71 points per game, and only three points clear of Villarreal in ninth. If the league had started after the World Cup, 19 games ago, Atlético would be top, level on points with Barcelona but ahead on goal difference. It’s a remarkable turnaround from a team who were concerned about qualifying for Europe at the halfway point of the campaign. With this win, Atlético de Madrid moved ahead of Real Madrid into second place in the LaLiga standings, thereby becoming FC Barcelona’s closest rival at the top of the table, (albeit one that is 13 points behind the leaders). Here are three things that Colchoneros can learn from the game. Choco Lozano gave Cádiz a brief glimmer of hope, but less than 60 seconds passed before Nahuel Molina restored the four-goal lead. Atlético Madrid sealed another convincing home win as their fine form in 2023 continued with a 5-1 thrashing of relegation-threatened Cádiz, who couldn’t put up much of a fight against the force of Atleti.Īntoine Griezmann opened the floodgates after just two minutes and made it two before the half-hour mark, with Álvaro Morata making it three early in the second half before Yannick Carrasco scored a penalty.
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