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Joao Félix pulls the car and now points to Manchester

The best moment of the season Atletico Madrid is matching the best of Joao Felix. It’s not by chance. The defeat against Levante marked a before and after for the mattress team, but also for the Portuguese. A new bet from the team came out of the team meeting. Simeone for an eleven in which the Portuguese and Angel Correa, an attack practically unprecedented during the season, they have had the responsibility of throwing the team on their backs in this resurgence.

The Argentine striker has stood out in these games, but in the case of the Portuguese, even more so if possible. This Friday he again overtook the Athletic before five minutes of play. We are talking about the player who scores the most quick goals in the LaLiga in this grade.

He has already four goals before the first five minutes of the matches, also surpassing the other fast-draw gunmen, who are Karim Benzema, Santi Mina and Álvaro García, all three with two goals in the first five minutes.

Joao opened the scoring in this League before him Betis (1’14’’), Granada (1’37’’), Cádiz (2’37”) and Osasuna (2’52”). Tremendous about the Portuguese, who is at his best moment of the season just before the Champions League.

There are already eight goals in the last 14 games in which he has participated. Five of those goals, in the last five games. Almost nothing. It is clear that the Portuguese striker has taken a step forward. This Friday, like the previous Sunday before the Betiswas the earliest, with a goal in the second minute of play, with the indispensable collaboration of the visiting goalkeeper Jeremiah Ledesmawho practically gave him the ball, but Joao knew how to press, face and place the ball in the corner.

After the match against Betis, Simeone He already highlighted that he is at the most mature moment since he arrived. “All people need time and what we demand of him he is doing and he adds the goal, talent, one on one, vision of the game, speed, header, he works the area defensively and everything is great for him. He will be angry and he will continue to be angry with me, but one day he will appreciate it, “said the Argentine after the game at Benito Villamarin.

THE THORN IN JOAO FÉLIX

Without a doubt, at Athletic It is incredible that the Portuguese is at this moment in the game because, without a doubt, on Tuesday he will experience one of the most important games of the season, if not the most important. The rojiblanco team will visit Old Trafford to be measured at Manchester Unitedsecond leg of the round of 16 Champions League. The red-and-white team and the English tied in the first leg in the Wanda Metropolitano (1-1).

joao felix has a pending account with a match of these characteristics. In his previous visits to England, before the Liverpool could not look as expected, neither in 2020 nor in 2021. Now he hopes to be decisive as he was in the first leg against the team from Cristiano Ronaldo, with a great header from a pass from Renan Lodi.