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Atletico Madrid has finally said goodbye to the championship race. With the surprise defeat at Las Palmas, they are ten points behind Barcelona with six games remaining. Now they have to secure third place. Perhaps it's still possible to upset Real Madrid, but for that to happen, Los Blancos would have to collapse. Champions League qualification is practically a given, at least for Atletico. For a long time, they were still in the running in the championship race. With the coming of the spring they lost too many points and the title race now consists of two teams. Following the 0-1 defeat to Las Palmas, Diego Simeone's team faces a match that has been a familiar face to them in the past. His team hasn't lost any of their last 17 matches, winning 13 of them. Despite the clear statistics, a home win shouldn't be our best choice as the mood in the home squad could be not perfect, while the guests seem to be making really good season in LaLiga for their standards. The first meeting between those two end also in a 1-1 draw.