Recognition of Carrasco at his best

Yannick Carrasco live a sweet moment in the Atletico Madrid. The Belgian was the great mood and football engine in the magical comeback experienced by the mattress team in the match against Valencia. He may not have scored, but his ability to put the team on his back, his dribbles in key areas, his chances and recoveries – he was everywhere – destroyed the team from Levante, who suffered to try to stop him.

The Belgian player received this Tuesday, January 25, recognition from the club given that, in the first game of the year, against Ray Majadahonda, had reached 200 games in the Atletico Madrid.

Yannick Carrasco He received his commemorative plaque on Tuesday morning for such a figure and he did it from the hands of the club president, Enrique Cerezo, who approached the Athletic City of Madrid.

In this journey of 204 games that he already has, spread over two stages, he has added 33 goals and has provided 36 assists. The midfielder arrived at Atlético in July 2015, from the Atletico Madrid.

The title of LaLiga from last year is the only one on his record at the moment, but he was a key player for it. Let us remember that his was the assistance in the key goal of Luis Suarez to come back from the game against Osasuna of the penultimate day or that he played 29 games in which he scored two goals and gave six assists.

BIG MOMENT

A recognition that comes at a time of special relevance for him. He has been one of the best, if not the best, in many of the last games. Before him Athletic, the specialized website ‘whoscored’, which analyzes matches based on the player’s numerical performance, gave his great match an 8.5 rating. Before him Villarreal was the second best valued behind Llorente. And before him Lightning Vallecano, the second with 7.6 only behind Correa with 8.8.

It is not for less, in the crash of last weekend, his performance was tremendous. He finished off twice, had an 86% passing rate, made seven successful dribbles out of the eight he tried, only lost two balls and generated four dangerous chances, the most. He was also the one who put the most crosses in the area -five- and of course the one who made the most dribbles.