A black February

He Atlético de Madrid welcomes Real Betis Balompié this Sunday, March 3, to Cívitas Metropolitano after Thursday’s blow to Bilbao in the second leg of the Copa del Rey semi-final. A good sign for reds and whites is the fact that the moon has changed, because February was disastrous for them.

A black month in which the Colchonero team won only one of the seven games it played, played against Las Palmas at the Avenida de Luis Aragonés coliseum. In landslides, yes. 5-0 with doubles by Llorente and belt and the same amount of Memphis.

In addition to that victory, Atlético drew two games and lost four. A series of results that produced those Diego Simeone They have said goodbye to the few options they have to fight for LaLiga, they have been eliminated from the Copa del Rey and the chances of making it to the quarterfinals of the Champions League are getting more complicated.

The month started with a draw at the Santiago Bernabéu in the league derby and just three days later (the rivals had two more days off) they faced the Athletic in the first leg of the semifinals of the KO tournament. Then it’s time to visit Pizjuán, with a fresh defeat, before taking a breather against Las Palmas.

And then, another 1-0, this Milan match Inter and a draw at Almería against LaLiga bottoms, who haven’t won a game so far in the championship. That, before the second leg of the Copa del Rey was played in Bilbao, with another resounding 3-0 defeat to bid farewell to the possibility of reaching the final of the tournament eleven years later.

This is the last chapter of a black February in which Atlético de Madrid played seven games, winning only one game and losing four, in which they also did not score a goal. And in those seven games he only kept one clean sheet at a time. A month to forget.