He
Atlético de Madrid
follow leader of The league with some scary numbers. The team of Simeone still intractable and this past weekend he knocked down Valencia, at Metropolitan Wanda.
And he did so in large part thanks to the collaboration of Luis
Suarez, which is still in a state of grace. With his goal, the Uruguayan – who celebrated his 34th birthday on Sunday – stands next to the Sevilla player Youssef En-Nesyri leading the scorers' table, both with 12 goals.
A real barbarity of numbers for the Uruguayan, who is maintaining, with his goals, the Athletic in this incredible fight for the title of The league.
No wonder Enrique
Cherry, mattress president, would value the signing of the forward, after the match against Valencia, because, as he said “he was the best striker in Europe”Which could be signed in summer after the Barça reject him.
So far, the Uruguayan has only needed 18 shots on goal to score 12 goals, a conversion ratio of 66.6%,
according to SOFASCORE data
. The colchonero player has scored a dozen goals in his first 15 meetings with his new team, something a rookie had not achieved in his first season at a club since Christian
Ronaldo arrived at Real Madrid in 2020.
But it is that its integration in the mattress box is being indisputable. So much as to have become a historic signing. Literally. Only eight players scored 12 or more goals in their first rojiblancos campaign, according to data from Alexis Martín in Onda Cero.
Before Suarez they had succeeded Elicegui (1935), Pruden (1940), George (1946), Vava (1958), Baltazar (1988), Fri (1998) and Hasselbaink (1999).
Additionally, their numbers are already part of the history of the League. According to data from Pedro Martin, the Uruguayan, with the goal achieved against him Valencia, equaled a legend like Puskas in the regularity competition, both now add 156 goals in The league, although other databases give the mattress 159 right now. The Uruguayan is the 18th highest scorer in the competition and his next goal is Luis Aragones, which achieved 160.