The break due to the World Cup came at a bad time for some teams because they were on the rise, while for some it came well to consolidate their ranks before the resumption of their championships. Atletico Madrid belongs without a doubt to this second group, because their results before the start of the World Cup were extremely bad. In the last 5 competitive games, they managed to win only two points and it is the last moment for things to get better for this team. On their field, they will welcome Elche, who according to everything shown is the ideal opponent for the return to the track of success of Atlético Madrid. Atlético Madrid is currently fifth in the table and although it seems that the race for the title is over for them, they will certainly not give up the position that guarantees them the Champions League. This team certainly has players who can achieve that with their quality, and I believe that we will see a much better Atletico Madrid in the rest of the season. They have really fantastic players, in the attack are Morata, Griezmann, Joao Felix and even Matheus Cunha, in the midfield they have fantastic players like Witsel, Koke, Lemar, de Paul... All of them are top class players who can change with one move the course of the match. In my opinion, the biggest problem of this team, how ever strange that might sound, is their coach. Diego Simeone is the man who brought Atletico Madrid the greatest success in the last few seasons, but he is also a coach who likes to play too defensively, which is really sad to see when he has such offensive players at his disposal. If anyone else were in the coaching position, I'm sure Atletico would be one of the most efficient teams in Spain. But despite this style of play, I believe that Atletico can win this game in their favor with at least a two-goal difference, primarily because of the quality of the players of this team. It is hard to take something from recent matches because Atletico Madrid did not have any LaLiga games in more than 40 days. Still, they scored seven goals in the last two games (against Arenteiro and Ponferradina), which in my opinion are teams of very similar quality as Elche.

Elche is playing a season to forget. They are in last place in the table with only 4 points after 14 games played without a single win. They conceded by far the most goals of all the teams, and what mistakes the defense of this team makes, they could have conceded many more goals than they did. The situation in the club is extremely bad and Elche has already changed two coaches so far. The new coach, Pablo Machin, will have a very difficult task to prepare his team for the meeting against a very good team. Elche really has nothing to brag about when it comes to head-to-head matches against Atletico Madrid, as they have lost in their last 5 matches, with only one goal scored. As if the task was not already difficult enough in itself, Elche will have to play without several standard first-team players in this match. Starting central midfielder Gerard Gumbau is suspended, starting right-wing-back Pol Lirola is out injured and will most likely be replaced by Palacios, who in that case will not play in his standard position. In addition to the two of them as the most famous names of this team, neither defender Mercau nor midfielder Josan will be available, and both are players who are very important for the game of this team. Atlético Madrid will be highly motivated to open this continuation of the season in front of their fans in the best possible way, and with an opponent who is playing very badly and who can count on key players, I believe that Morata, Griezmann, Joao Felix and others will know how to use it in the best possible way.

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世界杯的间歇期对一些球队来说并不合适，因为他们正处于上升阶段，而对一些球队来说，在恢复锦标赛之前巩固他们的排名是很好的。马德里竞技毫无疑问属于第二组，因为他们在世界杯开始前的成绩非常糟糕。在过去的5场比赛中，他们只赢了两分，这是球队情况好转的最后时刻。在他们的球场上，他们将欢迎埃尔切，根据所显示的一切，他是回到Atlético马德里成功轨道的理想对手。Atlético马德里目前在积分榜上排名第五，虽然看起来他们的冠军争夺已经结束，但他们肯定不会放弃这个保证他们进入欧冠的位置。这支球队当然有球员可以凭借他们的实力做到这一点，我相信我们会在本赛季剩下的时间里看到一个更好的马竞。他们拥有非常出色的球员，在进攻端有莫拉塔、格列兹曼、若昂·菲利克斯，甚至还有库尼亚，在中场他们有像维特塞尔、科克、勒马尔、德保罗这样的出色球员……他们都是一流的球员，可以用一个动作改变比赛的进程。在我看来，这支球队最大的问题，听起来多么奇怪，是他们的教练。迭戈·西蒙尼是在过去几个赛季给马竞带来最大成功的人，但他也是一个喜欢防守的教练，当他有这样的进攻球员在他的指挥下时，真的很难过。如果有其他人在教练的位置上，我相信马竞会是西班牙最有效率的球队之一。但尽管有这样的打法，我相信马竞可以以至少两球的差距赢得这场对他们有利的比赛，主要是因为这支球队球员的质量。很难从最近的比赛中得到什么，因为马德里竞技已经40多天没有参加任何西甲比赛了。尽管如此，他们在最近的两场比赛中打入了7球(对阵阿伦泰罗和庞费拉迪纳)，在我看来，这两支球队的实力与埃尔切非常相似。

埃尔切踢了一个值得忘记的赛季。在14场比赛一胜未负之后，他们仅积4分排在积分榜最后。到目前为止，他们在所有球队中丢球最多，这支球队的防守犯了什么错误，他们本可以丢更多的球。俱乐部的情况非常糟糕，埃尔切目前已经换了两个教练。新教练巴勃罗·马尚将面临一项非常艰巨的任务，让他的球队为与一支强队的比赛做准备。埃尔切在与马德里竞技的面对面比赛中真的没有什么可炫耀的，因为他们在最近5场比赛中都输了，只进了一个球。似乎任务本身还不够艰巨，埃尔切将不得不在没有几名标准一线队球员的情况下比赛。首发中前卫冈鲍停赛，首发右后卫利罗拉因伤缺阵，很可能由帕拉西奥斯顶替，在这种情况下，帕拉西奥斯将不能踢他的标准位置。除了他们两人作为这支球队最著名的名字之外，后卫梅尔考和中场若山都不会出场，他们都是这支球队比赛中非常重要的球员。Atlético马德里将会非常积极地在球迷面前以最好的方式开启这个赛季的延续，而面对一个踢得非常糟糕的对手，他们可以依靠关键球员，我相信莫拉塔、格列兹曼、若昂·费利克斯等人会知道如何以最好的方式利用它。