When a goal came, it was the visitors who scored it. For 75 long minutes, it toiled against Osasuna, blunt in tooth and claw. The Spanish title would be claimed.Īnd so, with a sense of grim predictability, Atlético set about failing.
Beat unremarkable Osasuna at home and the relegation-threatened Valladolid away, and it would all be over. All Diego Simeone’s team had to do was win, twice.
It had two games left in its season and a two-point lead over Real Madrid at the top of the league table. Atlético Madrid had reached the point where Atlético Madrid does what it always does.
