Carrasco: “I arrived overweight and it was difficult for me to enter”

Yannick Carrasco (27 years old) was the only reinforcement of Atlético last winter market. The rojiblanco club wanted a striker to shore up their attack and, given that there were none accessible, decided to contribute for the return of an old acquaintance that is not exempt from scoring ability. The Belgian He returned on loan on the last day of the transfer market by Chinese Dalian Yifang, where he had arrived from precisely the mattress set in February 2018. The loan was until the end of the season and its good performance has made Atlético is negotiating its continuity with the Asian club and they offer the player four years of contract. He He has expressed himself in favor of continuing under Cholo's orders next year.

Actually, Carrasco is concentrated with Belgium to play the first two days of the Nations League against Denmark (Today at 8:45 p.m. in Copenhagen) and Iceland (on the 8th at 8:45 pm in Brussels). During this stay with your selection has spoken about his return to Atlético and his difficult start to this second stage at the rojiblanco club. Despite being a player in whom I had placed a lot of hopes, it was difficult for him to get into the dynamics of Simeone's team and, as he himself explains, it was because “I arrived overweight because I had trained individually in Belgium for two months”. That meant that in the first month it barely added 63 minutes and that he was not a starter until matchday 26 against Espanyol at the RCDE Stadium (1-1), where he played 56 '. In addition, he did not participate in either of the two games of the knockout round of the Champions League against Liverpool.

However, their situation turned upside down with the stoppage due to the coronavirus, since Carrasco affirms that “During the running of the bulls we received a solid program from Atlético and I was in top form when the competition resumed. You don't lose your qualities. They are innate. You can lose a beat, but when you are physically in order, you can easily come back ”. That allowed him play 563 minutes in the 12 games after the second leg of the competition (although one was lost due to injury). His role was very prominent, achieving a goal and two assists in this period. Especially relevant was his contribution to the game against Barcelona at the Camp Nou, which ended 2-2 and in which caused the two penalties that led to the mattress goals. A proof of your technician's faith in you is that He was part of the starting eleven that was measured at Leipzig in the quarterfinals of the Champions League in Lisbon. We will see if the wishes of Carrasco and Atlético are fulfilled and they continue their relationship next season.