Soccer, like everything in life, gives you another chance to succeed. Luis Muriel arrived at Sevilla in July 2017 as the most expensive signing in the club's history. A weight that he did not know how to manage, since his performance in Nervión was much lower than expected. Now, in the Atalanta, he is the most effective striker of all the leagues in Europe, with a simply spectacular average of one goal every 30 minutes. Real Madrid is their next opponent in the Champions League round of 16 and the Colombian is a threat for the white team for their voracity in the area.
Record figure. 20 million euros paid by Sevilla to Sampdoria for hiring the Colombian, with a termination clause set at 50 'kilos'. In two and a half seasons scored 13 goals in 65 games, without giving the feeling of being completely adapted to the team. His return to Italy, first on loan to Fiorentina and then transferred to Atalanta, has given back its best version. This season carries area predator numbers: 10 goals in 14 Serie A games and two goals in the Champions League.
This same weekend he contributed to the 1-4 victory against Benevento with a category goal. He received from Malinovskyi on the left side, feinted in the direction of goal and took a prodigious kick from outside the area to sneak the ball through the square. Striking and dribbling join another quality that the Colombian treasures: his devilish speed.
Muriel chains five days in a row scoring a goal, his best streak ever. He seeks to continue marking and approach the record for consecutive goals in Serie Aeleven numbers sharing Gabriel Batistuta, Cristiano Ronaldo and Fabio Quagliarella. However, there is still work to be done.
Previously, he had scored a goal at Rome, two to Bologna, one to Sassuolo and another to Parma. His team has won four games and drawn one (against Bologna), which has thrown him up to the fourth position, in the Champions League area. Gian Piero Gasperini, his coach, is delighted with his performance, as he has the perfect booster.
Zidane's defenders will have to tie Muriel short next February 24. A striker who, far from collapsing, knew how to gallop and become the bullet that his label once wounded.