João Félix, the future of Atlético

João Félix is ​​a happy footballer. And not just for turning 21 today (born November 10, 1999 in Viseu, Portugal) and celebrate it while you are concentrated with your selection waiting to be measured Andorra, France and Croatia.

It is because it has found his place at Atlético and he has shown that he is capable of leading the new and ambitious rojiblanco project. Despite his youth, the Portuguese has completed his year of transition and adaptation and he is beginning to uncover all his talent, the one that took him last season to proclaim yourself as the Golden Boy (the most valuable U21 footballer of the year 2019) thanks to his explosion at Benfica and his first months at Atlético.

As rojiblanco he did not have as easy a first year as could be expected during the preseason, where made it clear that he was a different player. With the start of the official competition, the results were choked, their position changed between the right wing and as second striker without having continuity in the flashes and injuries they hampered their advances. So until the end of the 2019-20 academic year with a total of 36 games played, 2,483 minutes, with a balance of 9 goals and three assists. Some figures that were not entirely consistent with the amount paid by him (127.2 million), but with his age and his learning as a great guarantee.

After the stoppage due to the coronavirus health crisis and especially in the last game of the season against Leipzig, he was showing maturity in order to exploit this course. With Kun Agüero as a model, the other Golden Boy in the history of Atlético and who also had a first year of adaptation before becoming an exceptional player, João Félix worked together with Simeone to find their place of maximum influence and the continuity that the technician asked for so much.

Wake up scorer

And so the version of the most differential Portuguese player has arrived. As a second striker, pulled slightly to the left wing, It has become the channel for the rojiblancos attacks. With Koke and Correa as best partners and Luis Suárez as a couple above, has been favored by the most offensive version of the team to uncover all his talent. On the first day he was shown against Granada, but it has been in the last matches where the team has been thrown on his back also in the scoring side.

Three doublets in eleven days for a total of seven goals in ten games (plus three assists) that make him the top scorer for Atlético with the feeling that he has no ceiling. He has gained continuity, confidence, his teammates are always looking for him and he knows that Suárez can be an ideal support to make a difference. The Menino He is no longer so small and is willing to lead a team with permission to dream. With sharp claws and Barça on the horizon, João Félix has taken off and has begun to make it clear that Atlético has a great future ahead of him with him at the helm.