After his hat-trick match Georgia, Alvaro Morata are two goals away from David Silvawho is the fourth leading scorer in the history of Choosing Spanish. So on paper the fight against the ‘weak’ Cyprus could help the Atlético de Madrid striker pursue the Canary Islander.
But he couldn’t score. Despite this, he still has extraordinary stats Spain after scoring 33 goals in 66 games. One every two games. An amazing figure. Although he will still be ahead of her Silva with 35 points, and the following remains are towers with 38, Raoul there are 44 and country there are 59.
What now? Morata he came to score. His goal came in the 38th minute, with a shot from Lamine Yamal From outside the area it hit the post and the rebound fell to the forward, who with almost no reaction time put the ball into the goal. Both the referee and the linesman awarded the goal at first, but VAR showed he was more advanced in the moment than the player of Barça he hit the ball. It was 3-0 and they were a bit far from fourth place, but didn’t come.
That was not his only occasion Alvaroand he didn’t have an easy game because Cyprus He came back and the forward had man-to-man marking that prevented him from receiving balls in the area. That’s why he limited himself to finishing.
And with his shots he was close to scoring. He went very close with a header after a cross Like. The ball was a little low for him and he finished everything to the best of his ability. It’s the 26th minute and the ball goes wide. On the next play he took advantage of a defender’s mistake to steal the ball and grab the goal on the turn. The last big chance was a header that went wide after a corner kick.
Three good chances and a goal disallowed show the importance he had in a match where he was uncomfortable due to the strategy of Cyprus. At half-time he went to the bench, took his place Joselu.
And Azpi saw it from the bench
In its part, Azpilicueta He will return to training this Wednesday with Cholo Simeone without playing a minute in red In the two games he played Georgia and Cyprus.
Source: La Verdad
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