Atlético has a dagger on its left wing. If he usually charges the attack from that side, where Lemar and João Félix like to fall to join Carrasco, the Belgian showed against Betis that You do not need excessive company to wreck your profile.
Simeone repeated his formation with an offensive trident, although this time Griezmann and Correa’s mission behind Suárez was to constantly fall inside, behind the pivots and releasing the bands so that Trippier and Carrasco could face one against one to the Betic sides. And the ’21’ gave the afternoon to Montoya. A great goal after dribbling the rival defender and hitting with his left foot powerful and placed, a play to remember leaving up to four rivals to close the first half and the goal assist for João Félix to debut this course with a great cut and sent to space at the right moment with which he left the Portuguese facing Claudio Bravo.
But, in addition to being a key piece in the goals of the mattress victory, Carrasco returned to curdle a great round trip without sparing any defensive effort. He recovered seven balls, stretched the team with his unchecks and his ability to open the field and tried to hit a death pass to Correa behind a wall with Suárez that the Argentine did not reach (The line canceled the play, but if it ended in a goal, it would have been revised since, as in João’s goal, there was no offside).
That version of an unstoppable Carrasco is what Atlético will need at Anfield. Key in the last international break also with Belgium, Where the Red Devils turned to him as a winger, the 28-year-old is one of the most unbalanced footballers in European football. And Carrasco grows in the games of great depth and where Atlético is called to need speed and overflow to hurt the rival. This is usually the case when he faces Barcelona, and even more so at the Camp Nou, or against Bayern and Real Madrid.
If Alexander-Arnold is one of Liverpool’s great offensive arguments, on his back there may be a point to hurt the English. And Carrasco combines defensive work and offensive brilliance rarely seen. A great player who perhaps is not exalted enough, but whose return from China was one of the great arguments of the current Atlético and of that defense of five that has strengthened the Belgian as a winger.