Simeone and Atlético Madrid break their curse in Barcelona

Last Saturday, Montjuïc witnessed that 'miracles' do exist, and Atlético Madrid was the main protagonist. Despite showing an extremely poor performance throughout the 90 minutes, being dominated by FC Barcelona and supported by an unbeatable Jan Oblak, the colchoneros managed to leave the magical mountain with three points in their pocket and leading the LaLiga standings.

The rojiblancos managed to overcome Pedri's goal and secured victory thanks to goals from Rodrigo De Paul and Alexander Sorloth in the dying moments of the match. A very important win for the indios and, above all, for Diego 'Cholo' Simeone, who won an official match at Barça's ground for the first time.

Atleti broke a drought of more than 18 years

Before the match corresponding to matchday 18 of LaLiga, Atleti had gone 17 matches without knowing victory against the culés, recording 7 draws and 10 defeats in the Catalan capital. To find the last time the colchoneros defeated the Catalans, one had to go back to February 5, 2006, when they achieved a 1-3 victory with Pepe Murcia on the rojiblanco bench and Frank Rijkaard in the azulgrana.

This victory also allowed them to overtake in the standings, taking the lead in LaLiga and being crowned winter champions. The madrileños have 41 points, 3 ahead of Barça (38) and with the possibility of increasing their lead to 6 points as they have a pending match.