Sorloth: Less is more

Diego Simeone He has repeatedly from the beginning of the course the importance of the bench for the proper functioning of the team. “All the people coming in from the bank are very responsive, This is the greatest force, Let them show me what they showed me today, in Girona, against Espanyol… everything,” the coach said in September, when Atlético beat Valencia.

The difficult thing is for all footballers to understand this, because they all want to be starters. But if there is one player who in recent weeks has shown that he has understood the message and, more importantly, responds when it comes to his turn, it is Alexander Sorloth.

The Norwegian, a hero at Montjuïc with a goal in the 95th minute, is getting used to coming out and solving the issue. He has five goals in the last ten games. And all five came off the bench, proving how plugged in the forward jumped onto the pitch, knowing all he could contribute in the minutes he had.

He gave two points against Barcelonatwo others with him Getafe a week before and two more in front of Alavésalso scored in the latter part of the clash. And in San Mamés, for example, he helped belt at a discount so the colchoneros get the win. In total, the former player of Villarreal scored eight goals, scoring the same in the first round of last year as a yellow, and then reached 23 in LaLiga.

Sorloth understood Simeone’s message. And the coach himself made a statement that was decisive in reaching this situation. Sorloth is cold, he is cold, I tell him he scored a great goal and he says ‘goal’. We talked to him three or four weeks ago about what I am and what the idea is that we have. If I wait for him to come we will lose six monthsso I said let’s go. “I explained to him what I wanted from him,” said Cholo, who also made it clear that “I would like to put Griezmann, Julian and Sorloth but there the blanket is already starting to get looser.”