Morata's brake: unmarked since December in Serie A

Álvaro Morata is not going through his best moment at the scorer level, at least, in Serie A. The Spanish started the campaign with Andrea Pirlo joining the system of his old 'regista' like a glove. Pirlo asked him something similar to what he did when they shared the green: take advantage of his physique and his speed and cover the attack front as a new partner of Cristiano. Everything, without forgetting the main thing, scoring goals.

The Madrid, who had the confidence of the coach, threw the team behind his back upon arrival and also, when Cristiano was away because of Covid-19. He added goals in the Champions League (a double against Dinamo, another against Ferencvaros and a goal for each in the second leg) to give the Turinese first place in the group and also important goals in the League saving draws against Crotone and Benevento (1-1) or participating in goals as against Spezia or Parma, where he scored one and gave another two for the final 0-4.

Since that afternoon at the Ennio Tardini, Morata has been drenched by gunpowder, at least, in Serie A. The year ended with a 0-3 defeat against Fiorentina in which he had to be replaced due to injury. These muscular problems weighed down his start to the year and he missed the league matches against Udinese and Milan, returning to Serie A to play just four minutes against Sassuolo. In a January loaded between Super Cup and Cup, Morata has found his goal scorer there, scoring against Napoli in the tournament between champions (2-0) and in the Cup against Genoa (3-2) and SPAL (4-0). Meanwhile, in the League, he continued empty against Bologna and Sampdoria to end January.

In February he has not yet broken the streak. Against Roma he assisted Cristiano as he did with Chiesa against Samp but he still didn't see a door. Nor this weekend against Napoli, where he enjoyed 90 minutes and three shots that did not serve to beat an excellent Alex Meret. Juventus, which suffers in the League as they have not seen in years, misses their goals to try to revalidate the scudetto. The leader, Inter, he already has eight points left.

Although it is standing out as a game generator, The bad streak jumps to the top of Turin newspaper Tuttosport, which highlights the forward's scoring moment in the league and qualifies it as an 'alarming decline'. Loaned by Atlético until the end of the season, Juventus has a purchase option that it seems determined to exercise. This Wednesday, Do Dragao receives him for the first leg of the Champions League round of 16 against Porto. Europe, that is being his territory this year, could be the definitive impulse to return to the goal path in the Bel paese and turn off based on goals DEFCON 2 launched in Turin.