Morata upped the ante and made Simeone suffer

He Atletico Madrid It’s at the best moment of the season. The mattress group Since the rest returned for worldhe Athletic They won 27 points in 36 played, with the only loss against Barcelona by 0-1, with eight victories -five of them in the last six days, with three draws, with 21 goals for , with five matches, with six. unbeaten games and now on a ten game unbeaten streak. He boat This is the only team that has added more than mattresses on this trip.

An improvement based on several factors. For example, with the return of the defensive security, the mattress team has left more than half of their games at zero since they returned from the break. Also from improving the performance of soccer players such as Molina, Maganda, DePaul, increased their benefits. But also from the scoring aspect. The mattress team has scored at least 30 goals in 16 games, giving almost an average of two goals per game. Of them all, he failed only one, against FC Barcelona.

It’s clear that the rojiblanco attack is finally working. And that is also because of the team’s internal competition, as he commented Diego Pablo Simeone just recently. A competition that is especially noticeable at the front, where Memphis DePay and alvaro morata They keep a very interesting pulse to see who is with griezmann. It seems obvious, because of what it contributes to AthleticFrench is out of the question Simeon In front. And that’s how it happened.

So it remains to be seen who will win the game to accompany him. In the last three games it was the Dutchman who did it. His irruption in the eleven was very intense, with two goals in Seville that they seem to leave without options a alvaro morata that he came off the bench in that game and he even scored two more to match the ‘León’ bet.

It happens in the following games, what is almost divine effect of Memphis It became a sign of clear opportunities lost for the Dutchman, which could lead to a change of roles. In the next two games, as we say, there were many wasted occasions by the former player of Manchester Utd and Lyon Olympicswhen Morata he scored one goal and assisted another on the same trip. Of course, in less minutes.

The debate is there. “Happy for Moratahe scores goals and plays less than he expected, but football is amazing because the number of minutes is not important, but the quality of the minutes”, he acknowledged. Simeon just recently. And the Madrid player himself admits that he wants to play more, but his partner in attack is doing well. “Yes I prefer to play, but Memphis arrived well. He played well, the team played well and I have to wait. I will listen to the coach, to the club… I am very happy here, but you never know in the future”, pointed out the Spanish international, in words to TV.

NUMBERS AND SELF-CRITICISM

For his part, Memphis He knows that in previous games he has not been good. “Happy with the three points, but damn, I have something to do! Still, an incredible night in our home game! The fans gave us great spirit and energy. Aúpa Atleti”, commented the player after clash against Valencia.

And that’s it, Memphis He came from scoring the first three shots on goal he had with the mattress shirt (vs Celtic and the two of Seville), to accumulate six shots without seeing the goal. From everything to nothing.

Right now, Memphis add four goals to this course, in between FC Barcelona and Athletic, a goal every 127 minutes of play. If we add his contribution to his country, a total of 38 shots for eight goals. One goal every 4.75 shots.

while, Morata add 12 goals to him Athletic in 1,943 minutes. In total, with the National Team, he had 68 shots in the season for 15 goals, one every 4.5 shots.