A 1-2 game! It made the La Liga championship favorite upset: the first round away game was reversed, Real Madrid played 2 days later

On August 18, in the first round of La Liga, Atletico Madrid played against Espanyol, but they became very upset. With a 1-0 lead, Atletico Madrid lost 2 goals in a row and was eventually reversed 1-2 and missed a good start. In this game, Atletico Madrid's performance in the first 70 minutes was excellent. Unfortunately, they were wasted too many goals and were eventually punished. Simeone's team has always been very strong in defense, but this time, their defense has dragged it down. In the 37th minute of the first half, Atletico Madrid broke the deadlock, and Alvarez took the free kick. The ball crossed the wall, as if it had eyes, and drew a wonderful arc, and finally flew into a dead corner. Atletico Madrid led 1-0 away.

Unfortunately, Atletico Madrid continued to squander opportunities in front of the goal, and Alvarez once shot and hit the post, but failed to kill the suspense of the game in advance, which also gave Espanyol hope. In the 73rd minute, the home team also seized a chance to set the ball, Rubio made a ghost in the back point and pushed the ball from close range, and the score on the field became 1-1. In the 84th minute, the score on the field was rewritten again. Espanyol made a cross from the right, Milia grabbed the spot in the penalty area, and he turned around and looked at the moon to push the ball into a dead corner. This goal also helped Espanyol reverse Atletico 2-1 and scored a valuable 3 points.

Seeing that his team was turned over by his opponent, Simeone on the sidelines had no choice but to spread her hands and roar. This season in La Liga, Atletico Madrid is regarded as one of the three favorites to compete for the championship, but unfortunately they lost points in the first round and fell behind from the beginning. In fact, in recent seasons, Atletico Madrid's overall strength is not much worse than Barcelona and Real Madrid, but they always lose their chains at critical moments, resulting in missing the La Liga championship. This season, Atletico Madrid is even worse. They lost to a relegation team like Espanyol at the beginning. They were already 3 points behind Barcelona in just one round of the game.

‌About 2 days later (3 a.m. on August 20), Real Madrid will also play in the first round, when they will face Osasuna at home. I hope this La Liga giant can learn from Atletico Madrid's lessons and not lose points easily. This is also the first time Alonso has led the team to play in La Liga.

This summer window, Real Madrid has not introduced a center so far, so they can only continue to make Mbappe "camera", while Gonzalo Garcia is his substitute. I hope that Real Madrid's forward problem this season will not affect the team's championship success. In addition, Bellingham's absence due to injury will also affect Real Madrid's performance in the opening stage of the new season. If Real Madrid cannot defeat Osasuna in the first round, then Barcelona will become the only giant team to win in the first round. Will this be a good sign for their defending title?