Simeone 'provoked' Luis Suárez … and the '9' dedicated the free-kick goal to him

“When a forward is sweet …”. This is how Luis Suárez spoke after the triumph in Cádiz of the first of his two goals, a direct free from 26 meters. At Atlético, free-kick goals are a very strange thing and this one also comes after a 'provocation' from Simeone to the Uruguayan, which gave you the perfect replica immediately. The top scorer placed the ball over the barrier and he dedicated the 0-1 to the coach, who laughed from the side, aware that he cannot doubt his battering ram …

The technician explained it later at a press conference: “The other day he, Lemar and João Félix stayed to practice fouls and we commented that we had not scored a free-kick from the front for a long time. Luis told us that he had scored goals in that condition, and I told him that I had not seen him do it so many times. That's why we smiled at each other when he made that goal. “And also, because the team has yet another variant to create danger.

As soon as Suarez scored, he ran to the side and pointed the index finger at Simeone before making his characteristic celebration. In the technical area, the coach laughed at the goal and the intrahistory behind it. The scorer also gave his version: “In the Barça it was difficult, there was Messi (marked one, in 2016), but in the Liverpool and with Uruguay (and with him Ajax) yes I have marked. The other day we trained him and Lemar did better, but since he was further away, I have asked it and … “And so he achieved the 13th goal in the League, and would still raise the count to 14 in the second half.

At Atlético, the last goals from direct free kicks Griezmann had achieved them (seven in the league and one in the cup). Before him, in the Simeone era they only succeeded Falcao (to the Royal Society) and Emre (to the Academic Coimbra). Of fault from the front, but indirectly, he did score goals Thomas. And in the current squad there are good pitchers, like Trippier, Carrasco and Lemar, who have scored so many from a direct free kick with other shirts. But it has been Suárez, who has put an end to this red and white bad streak, chopped by Simeone.