Luis Suárez, in darkness

Luis Suárez did not have a good night at the Sánchez-Pizjuán. The Uruguayan returned to eleven, although was substituted in the 58th minute (1-1) because he was just being able to contribute in attack. The player did not like the change at all, and it became clear as he went to the bench, shaking his head and cursing, but Simeone understood that the forward needed an injection of energy. On the 9th he fired with a single blocked shot. And it is a trend, because the team’s goalscorer has run dry. Simeone’s problems accumulate.

The charrúa He has not seen the door since his goal at Mestalla, on November 7. Since then, seven games to zero (plus two with his team). The striker who frightened the rival backs is fallow. And Atlético’s game is not good either, just when he most needs to be supplied with good balls to score. It is a complicated matter, well neither the team helps him nor does he give solutions to the team. Therefore, it cannot even be said that it is faulty. It does not mark, but it does not have occasions either: a shot at the Bernabéu, not one against Porto and Mallorca, one in Cádiz, zero with Milan …

Wedge does merit

And that’s where the debate comes in Matheus Cunha. The 22-year-old Brazilian has only started in the derby, but overall he has a good goalscoring average: He has three goals in the league, one every 111 minutes. And it gives the team another air, because it combines well in short or their teammates can look for long, in addition to squeezing the opponent’s ball out.

In Nervión entered by Luis Suárez, who came out on the baseline muttering “M … asshole, always the same”, and He did not set up shots on goal either. Yeah he made up a good move, running away between Gudelj and Delaney to play João Félix back, who shot against Diego Carlos. The former Hertha did add to push Sevilla back. And that joins very good sections against Madrid, Porto and Mallorca.

The Atleti, obviously, He needs the best version of Suárez and Cunha’s, also João Félix’s, that left sparks in Seville. But it worries about the Uruguayan, a differential footballer for more than a decade due to his ability to see the goal. Last year He has already passed a stretch of shortage in winter, but he regained his aim just to crown Atlético in May. Now, Cholo needs to find how to improve the team so that it can also do so on 9.