João can't find his place

When the game against Mallorca ended, the first two questions were at point blank range Simeone. About João Félix. The Portuguese had left the game crestfallen and angry, minute 54. “On the basis of empowering individuals we seek to improve the group. If we stop at the singles it would be dangerous,” argued the Argentine coach and later praised Vitolo's entry, “which he worked for what the team needed. ” “I always try to convey to the young people who come here that this is a competitive team, who has to win. And we work as a result of looking for the best to win, we have no commitment to anyone, only that things go towards where we understand that it is better, “he added. All the focus is on the Portuguese in Atlético's matches after the post-pandemic break. It has gone from more to less. As in the whole season.

A year and a day after announcing himself as the most expensive signing in Atlético's history, 127 million, 57 more than what the Atletico club paid for Lemar, João Félix still cannot find his place. In the system, with the Cholo, in his own suit. Prisoner of anxiety, apathetic, his parties have a certain indolent air, pressure at a trot, I always eat too far. He has been changed in 26 of the 33 games he has played. Griezmann, in his first year, by now was already the superlative footballer who molded Cholo's hands.

Only 54% of the minutes in League

The Portuguese had three opportunities to change his course in the match, and add bricks to his confidence, at this time he is meager, and he missed all three. He decided to finish the three himself: they ended up in the stands. He still has the flashlight off, like when he left Levante. That João has not been seen again when he returned from the break to a double. He also has not completed 90 minutes in any of the six games played by Atlético. His substitute at the Camp Nou, where he was also taciturn and crestfallen, was joined by yesterday's bad minutes. As soon as he sat down on the step-bench they put ice on his ankle, with a thump, and he began to look glassy at what was happening before his eyes without having found his place when his first anniversary is celebrated. Eight goals in 33 games. 54% of the minutes in League. The focuses directed towards others. Before Felipe, now Llorente, on him fleeting, chased by that penalty that he decided to shoot against Lokomotiv, after Trippier failed, skipping the order established in the locker room, without Cholo's permission, his refusal to play on the right.