Emmanuel LANGELLIER, Media365: published on Monday January 13, 2025 at 5:20 p.m.
By dominating Osasuna (1-0), Atlético de Madrid signed a record series of 14 consecutive victories on Sunday.
Football-loving Spain was spoiled on Sunday. Like all football fans and La Liga fans in particular. In the evening, FC Barcelona and Real Madrid gave rise to a masterful Spanish Super Cup final. In Saudi Arabia, after a major rush from Kylian Mbappé in the 5th minute, Barça ended up correcting their great rival once again this season and winning again by a wide margin (5-2) at the end of a game tremendous. Earlier, the two major Iberian competitors had learned bad news from the country. In its Riyadh Air Metropolitano venue, Atlético de Madrid got the better of Osasuna (1-0). Thanks to the only goal from Julian Alvarez, starting in attack alongside Antoine Griemann, the Colchoneros had regained the lead in the standings. With 44 points amassed after 19 days, Atlético took one point ahead of Real and 6 over Barcelona, enough to be crowned winter champion.
8 victories in La Liga, 3 in C1 and 3 in the Copa del Rey
Unbeatable or almost (only one defeat this season in the league against 2 at Real Madrid and already 5 at Barça), insatiable, Atlético de Madrid have thus signed a 14th consecutive victory in all competitions since the end of October. It's quite simply a record for the other Madrid club. In detail, the capital team has recorded 8 successes in La Liga (2-0 against Las Palmas, 1-0 in Mallorca, 2-1 against Alavés, 5-0 in Valladolid, 4-3 against Sevilla FC, 1-0 against Getafe, 2-1 at FC Barcelona and 1-0 against Osasuna), 3 victories in the Champions League (2-1 in Paris, 6-0 in Sparta Prague, 3-1 against Slovan Bratislava) and 3 in the Copa del Rey (2-0 at Vic, 3-1 at Cacereno, 1-0 at Marbella).
Simeone: “We have to keep improving because we can do it”
“I am very happy, we are aware of our good series,” underlined Julian Alvarez, author of his 6th goal in the championship on Sunday. But these are just statistics, we must continue to work with humility thinking about the next match. » This next outing, Griezmann's partners will carry out on Wednesday in Elche (2nd in D2) in the round of 16 of the Copa del Rey, enough to stretch the record series. They will then go to Leganés in La Liga and host Bayer Leverkusen in C1. “We have to continue to improve because we can do it and because we obviously have to maintain the situation we find ourselves in,” noted Diego Simeone. The team which finished the first legs at the top of La Liga has subsequently been crowned in the last 4 seasons (8 times out of 10 since 2014-15).
