Atlético found themselves in the summer with the master key they had been looking for for so long, the pylon hammer in front of the rival goal … and at zero cost. Luis Suárez arrived at the club after his unsuccessful negotiations with Juventus, where in Italy he was a non-EU citizen, and with the clear intention of showing him to Barcelona and the world that continues to be a first-class player.
Discarded by the Blaugrana team, his telephone conversations with Simeone went through making it clear to Suárez that it would be important for rojiblanco and that the team would play to supply balls near the rival area, would change their style to favor their football. And so far, everything is being fulfilled. Atlético has achieved in its 'first round', the first 19 league games (although it has two pending, it has played both against Valencia and Cádiz), a total of 50 points and 40 goals in favor. And the leader of the leader has been a Suárez who is finer than ever.
Despite missing three games due to contracting the coronavirus with his team, The striker has 14 goals in the 16 league games you have disputed. Some figures that make him the Pichichi of the competition and that cause that he has already achieved two more than Morata, Atlético's top scorer in all of last season. At 34 just turned 34, Luis Suárez is living a second youth.
It is not as fast as it used to, but it handles like no one in the area. The Uruguayan adds in all facets and has achieved eight goals with the right leg, four with the left and two with the head. Against Cádiz came the last two, direct free kick and penalty, a luck that has resisted the rojiblanco club so much. Atlético had not scored a free-kick since Griezmann's departure for Barcelona itself two seasons ago. On penalties, a facet so elusive for Atleti, he has converted the two he has taken, the first of them into the 89th minute of the match against Eibar de Panenka to give the three points to the rojiblanco team.
Suárez adds nine goals in the last eight league games, five in the last three games. A great moment of form that has served Atlético to continue adding victories despite having games where it has not been so fine. And it is that in the area he is a mortal player. He only needed 20 shots on goal to score his 14 goals. Atlético dreams big, is going through a great moment and a player with the character and stripes of Suárez has been essential to take a step forward. With DNA very from the rojiblanco club, there is no doubt that the Uruguayan has been the great player in a historic first round.