Sorloth, key scorer in almost 30% of Atleti’s points: “I had a feeling”

Alexander Sorloth It is again, the ‘Hitman‘that he operated, sportingly speaking, the rival of Atlético de Madrid. You know he earned the nickname Diego Pablo Simeone when he ended up on the mattress team. Because of the coldness he has, because of the Eastern type he wears, despite being Scandinavian; because of its brutality in the area. For all this, the coach has high hopes for him, even if it is in a role as complex as the one he has. Not being a starter in many of the games, but needs to be solved when he comes out. And he does it.

So far, his goals have given him seven straight points Athleticone of the Villarrealwith his goal of equality; three in front of him Alaves and three against him Getafe. That is, a direct impact of 18.4% on league points. Which in reality will be more, because, for example, his theft and help to San Mames so that’s it belt will be marked in addition. Or for example, he was the goal that tied the game against Leganes when he Athletic He was behind, a match in which he himself would make it 3-1.

That is, we can talk about his real contribution in points of Athletic It is at 34% of the total. Which is no small thing considering he only started 11 of the course’s 24 games.

He is new Getafein this weekend’s clash, the northerner visualized that would be his afternoon. “It was incredible, I had a good feeling for today (for Sunday),” the Norwegian forward began by saying. The player, watching the game from the bench, understood that the match had perfect conditions for him to take advantage of. “During the game we had a lot of chances with crosses. And when I came in, I felt good,” continued the attacker, who already has seven goals, all in LaLiga, and two assists.

“It’s an incredible center of Moli (Nahuel Molina). He raised his head, saw me in place and simply centered. Then, it was up to me to score, but it was incredible Moli“, he explained about how the goal was, a cross with a thread from the touchline, from the Argentine international, that he caught a very good header, quite far from the goal, to beat Soria by sending of the ball at the goalkeeper’s feet Getafe.

This is not an easy game for the colchoneros. With the result against the blue team, many are looking at Athletic as great candidates for the title, but the message from the locker room has been more about traditional protection since Simeone took over. “First of all, I think we were smart, because we don’t think too much about the future, we take it game by game. We know we have an important game against him Barcelonathe latter then Christmas. We got the victory against him Getafe and now we can start thinking about Barçawhich will be a very good game,” he commented.

HIS ROLE IN ATHLETICS

The Norwegian added, with the goal against Getafe, his 24th goal in 2024, which is about to close. We are only talking about one player, Robert Lewandowskiscored more than him this year naturally, in LaLiga27 for Polish.

He knows that in his situation, he has to take advantage of every opportunity that Simeone gives him. “We’ve talked about it all season, the coach said it first, and then he sent it to the players, but we have a lot of experienced players who have been in this situation. They unite the group, get psyched us. Yeah, you know, it’s like a bottle of Ketchup. Sometimes it’s hard to get out. And then when it comes out, a lot comes out. Let’s see, in the future, if I can score more goals.

For now, Alexander Sorloth It has data similar to headlines such as Antoine Griezmann. The Norwegian scored a goal every 158 minutes of play; while the French, one in every 155. Angel Correain a similar situation to Sorlothpretty much every 163 minutes, also pretty close to the above.

The one with the best ratio is a Julian Alvarez who has already scored 12 goals, he has scored one in every 127 minutes of play so far.