And Morata in the end broke. The striker, who traveled to Liverpool already with discomfort, retired four days before Atlético-Sevilla 'touched' his thigh from a blow, ended up injuring himself in the 18 minutes he played at Anfield. Upon arrival in Madrid Morata underwent tests, as Cope reported this noon and has been able to confirm AS, and these have confirmed what was feared: suffers a muscle injury in the hamstrings. You will be on leave for five to six weeks.
It is the second muscle injury that the striker suffers in a month and a half, although the two could be related, due to muscle fatigue (although one, that one, was in the calf and this one in the hamstring) since the '9' rojiblanco broke in the derby against Real Madrid on February 2 and forced to return, be ready for the first leg against Liverpool in the last 16, on February 18. That is, to force in such a way that, in just 16 days, he was back, a very tight deadline. Valencia-Atlético served as filming, there he had his first minutes, and against Liverpool he was a starter. But without the spark, freshness, and physical strength he has shown for part of the season. Against Sevilla, last weekend, he ended up going to the bench between frustrated gestures and pointing to a buttock.
Atlético's 27th injury this season
On Monday in Madrid he did not train with the group. On Wednesday he was surprised by his presence on the bench, due to those inconveniences he was dragging, and the absence of footballers capable of changing a game from the bench like Vitolo in the 18 chosen by Simeone to play the second round against Liverpool. He entered in the 102nd minute for João Félix and in the first sprint, whoosh, bite and injury. Even so, he continued playing, the coach no longer had any changes to add to the heroic: Atlético, already classified for the quarter by Llorente's double, beat the current European champion with the lame goal. Morata did it. Two days after the game he could barely walk. The tests confirmed that injury (in the absence of the club doing it officially, issuing a medical report). It is Atlético's number 27 this season and it comes when Cholo had all his footballers at his disposal, once Lemar had recovered.