Preview: Atlético kick off final stretch of 2023/24 with visit to Alavés
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Trying to bounce back from Tuesday?s disappointment. Following its dispiriting elimination from the UEFA Champions League, Atlético de Madrid have only one objective remaining this season: finish in LALIGA?s top four. Los Rojiblancos can take a huge step toward that goal with a win over Alavés on Sunday evening.
Atlético Madrid (19-4-8, 61 points) saw its Champions League dream dashed again on Tuesday night, this time by Borussia Dortmund, meaning this 2023/24 season has only seven games remaining. Atlético, hoping to finish as one of the top four teams in LALIGA for the 12th season running, can go six points clear of fifth-place Athletic Club if Diego Simeone can guide his men to victory in Vitoria. ?When you give everything you?ve got, you have to be calm,? Simeone told reporters on Saturday. ?Obviously, we made mistakes on Tuesday and there are things to improve, but now we have to focus on the games we have left in the league.?
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The season?s final meeting with Alavés (8-8-15, 32 points) gives Simeone one last chance to watch Samu Omorodion before the summer. Samu, who turns 20 years old in two weeks, has scored nine goals in 1,829 minutes this season between Granada and his loan spell at Alavés, demonstrating a tantalizing skillset amid discussion that he could replace Ángel Correa or Memphis Depay next season. Simeone did not...
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