Jan Oblak Y Luis Suarez, the alpha and omega of
Atlético de Madrid
. The beginning and the end of the rojiblanco team. And in between a great team that fights for the title of The league.
The Slovenian and the Uruguayan were the main protagonists of the mattress victory against him Deportivo Alavés, from this past weekend. The goalkeeper stopped a penalty in the final minutes that could have left the team without two points that can be worth the title of The league.
The Uruguayan scored a great goal in the second half of the match that ultimately served to win. We already say, the alpha and omega of the Athletic. But yes, with a great team in between. “As happens in great teams, there is always one that scores a lot of goals, another that saves very well and a team that competes accordingly. It usually happens a lot in big teams, having decisive players, who make the team's overall work boost, “he acknowledged. Simeone at the end of the crash.
In the case of the South American forward, it is clear how important he is in the rojiblanco team's season. His 19 goals have provided him directly to Athletic no less than 17 points of the 66 points, represents 25.57% of the total points, one in four.
There is not a footballer who has been more decisive for any team of The league in this sense, in which their goals have been key to score points directly. The following players are, according to data from Pedro Martin in at Cope Chain, Gerard
dark Y En-Nesyri, whose targets have accounted for 13 direct points.
But there is more. The Athletic he has won 12 of the 14 games in which he has scored. In the other two he has tied. In other words, the ‘Pistolero’ is a guarantee of success for the mattress team. Suffice it to say that the rojiblanco team did not win in 58.8% of the games in which they could not score.
OBLAK, THE MESSI OF GOALKEEPERS AND THE BEST IN PENALTY
And what about Jan Oblak? “He is the best goalkeeper in the world. He is one of our captains ”, he pointed out Simeone in the past year after one of his many miraculous performances. “He is the best goalkeeper in the world, I have no doubt. Messi resolves offensively and Oblak in the arc, and the team empowers Oblak”, reiterated after the recital of the Slovenian in Anfield
.
He is the goalkeeper who has left a clean sheet the most times in this League, 14 times, two more than Bond, of Seville. And also, we already say command the table of the Zamora, with 18 goals conceded in 28 games, an average of 0.64. Follow him Courtois, who has conceded 23 goals in 28 games. Although in this case, as it is a prize that has a border of 28 minimum games played, with at least 60 minutes in each one, the reality is that the aforementioned Bono is the great persecutor of the Slovenian. The goal of the Seville he has 16 goals in 24 games, an average of 0.67, close to the Slovenian of the Athletic.
It had been no less than three years since the mattress goalkeeper had not stopped a penalty in The league. The last time had been before Getafe, to Fajr, in May 2018. He had ten maximum penalties without being able to stop one with a balance of nine goals conceded and one out (Sandro, with the Valladolid).
According to conclusions of @ athletic-stats based on data obtained by Opt, right now he is the best goalkeeper in The league in terms of penalties arrested, despite the fact that some denounce him in this regard. He has 28.5% of penalties saved in his 28 penalties (18 conceded, eight stopped and two that went away). In front of Courtois, who has stopped three of 21 who were thrown at him (14%) and Ter Stegen, who has only stopped one of the 12 who have thrown him in the League (8% success rate).
But it is also that, according to the aforementioned account, it is the second most in Europe just behind Diego alves (with a rate of 51% of penalties stopped), improving to Buffon (2. 3%), Neuer (24%) and Bravo (twenty-one%).