Atletico Madrid can now laugh out loud after winning the LaLiga Santander title. Through this trophy, Los Rojiblancos ended the era of Barcelona and Real Madrid.
The title belongs to Los Rojiblancos after defeating Real Valladolid 2-1 at the Jose Zorilla Stadium, Saturday (22/5).
Barcelona and Madrid began to dominate La Liga since the mid-1980s. Since that period, teams such as Atletico, Deportivo La Coruna to Valencia have occasionally been the two’s bullies.
Atletico also made the difference in the LaLiga when they won in the 2013/2014 season. But after this achievement, Barcelona and Madrid who returned to take turns on the championship podium. Since the 2014/2015 season, Barcelona have won four times, while Madrid have won twice.
Now, it is again Atletico who destroy the power of the Blaugrana and Los Blancos. It’s just that, the Atletico title this time looks different from the 2013/2014 season.
In this season, the club in the Spanish capital really ended the domination of Barcelona and Madrid in the LaLiga.
The domination ended not only because Barcelona and Madrid failed to win. But because of the icon of the two clubs his future is in doubt.
In the Barcelona squad, Lionel Messi’s future with the club based at Camp Nou is not yet clear. In fact, it is rumored that La Pulga will leave for Manchester City or Paris Saint-Germain if he don’t stay at Barcelona.
The issue of Messi leaving has emerged since the beginning of the season. However, at that time, Josep Bartomeu, who was still the President of Barcelona, did not allow Messi to leave.
Internal Barcelona is also often hit by conflicts. Apart from the incompatibility of Koeman’s choice with the players, a number of senior players are also reportedly at odds with Messi. During their time with Messi, Barcelona collected 10 LaLiga titles since 2004/2005.
Meanwhile, in the Madrid camp, coach Zinedine Zidane, who gave Los Merengues glory in the last few seasons, is also reportedly leaving.
Not much different, the fate of Madrid captain Sergio Ramos is still gray, although he tends to leave Madrid. Ramos himself has presented five La Liga titles since 2006/2007.
If Messi, Zidane and Ramos are no longer with Barcelona and Madrid, then the era of the two giants can be believed to have really ended.
So far, Barcelona has always been synonymous with Lionel Messi, who has collected six Ballon d’Or trophies. Meanwhile, Ramos has gone through various successes with Madrid.
Without Messi, Ramos and Zidane, the taste of Barcelona and Madrid would be different. It is not impossible that the competition in the LaLiga will be tighter, and it is no longer absolute in the control of both of them.
Therefore, the victory at the end of the 2020/2021 season could make Atletico laugh out loud, because on the other hand, their strongest competitor is still contemplating the future.
Apart from Atletico, striker Luis Suarez has become an absurdly excited player after Diego Simeone’s team has become champions.
Suarez gave evidence to Barcelona that letting him go to Atletico was the biggest mistake. Suarez was expelled from Camp Nou because he was considered too old at Barcelona.
In fact, Luis Suarez can still compete in the race for the title of top scorer in the LaLiga. At the end of this season’s top scorer standings, Suarez is in fourth place with a collection of 21 goals, 9 goals behind Messi, who is the top scorer this season.
