The Atlético de Madrid He returns to work this Wednesday 29 to prepare for the double duel at the beginning of the year before Vallecano Ray Y Rayo Majadahonda, in League Y Copa del Rey, respectively. And it will do so with unresolved issues. Like for example, what to do with the issue of the lead.
Simeone He will not only have to refine the defensive matter of the mattress team, which has a large part of responsibility in that the performance is not being the one that was assumed by the champion of League. But in addition, he will have to redefine which forward is the one that has to make the team resurface in this initial part of the year.
And it is that the end of 2021 left some doubts in this regard. For example, in the fact of the drought of Luis Suarez, but also in the bidding of Cunha alternatively or at the time of Joao Felix in the last three games of the Athletic before the holidays.
The comparison of the strikers of Atlético de Madrid.
The muscle injury you suffered Antoine Griezmann in the derby of Santiago Bernabeu gave some truce and room for maneuver to Simeone to decide the attack in the last games of the year, but with the foreseeable recovery of the French for the start of 2022, the debate is reopened. A debate that is also joined by the option of Angel Correa.
With all, respecting everything that men like Correa Y Cunha, everything indicates that the great Gordian knot of the decisions of Simeone will be to choose two footballers between Antoine Griezmann, Luis Suárez Y Joao Felix. Three stars for two places up front if there are no modifications in the drawing to fit them all. A circumstance this last one more complicated to wait because for the Cholo, it seems clear that the middle line must be the one formed by De Paul, Koke Y Lemar.
There are arguments for all tastes when choosing the options. Simeone always defends that “he has no commitment to anyone” and that “the field marks who plays.” That being the case, here are some data that can be used to understand what the Argentine coach has in mind.
The comparison of the Atlético de Madrid forwards.
GRIEZMANN, THE UNDISCUTABLE
Until the injury, Griezmann He was the most established forward in the eleven, the undisputed, the player who best contributed what he Simeone demanded. Not only hitting the target but also defensive work. Two goals and two assists in the four games prior to the injury, with key performances such as that of Cádiz or the Porto. To this day, he is the player who has intervened the most in goals for the team, both direct and indirect, with seven goals and two assists. One goal every 166.5 minutes.
The comparison of the strikers of Atlético de Madrid.
JOAO FÉLIX, ON THE RISE
The Portuguese was the best rojiblanco in the last three games of the year. Before him Sevilla and the Real Madrid He was not a starter, but his minutes coming off the bench left some very good sensations that were endorsed in the great game that was marked, already as a starter, in the clash of Los Cármenes. The match against him was very complete Granada despite the defeat. Six shots, 83% success in the pass, one goal, several occasions generated… All in all, the irregularity has marked his season. Only two goals and two assists in a course with 15 games, only seven at the start. One goal every 398 minutes. Of course, if he maintains the level of the last games there is little doubt that he should start. If it returns to irregularity …
The comparison of the strikers of Atlético de Madrid.
LUIS SUÁREZ, HIS WORST MOMENT
The Uruguayan is not going through his best moment. His departure from the party of Sevilla, with an outburst in his replacement that had all the earmarks of going to the bench mark that is not happy. He has not scored since last November 7, before the Valencia. Well, since then, seven games without scoring. In total 414 minutes. It is clear that he is not in the best moment of the course. In this section, of those eight games, five as a starter with just four shots, which gives an average of 0.5 per game since the clash of Mestalla.
Since I arrived at Athletic had never been so long without scoring, his worst streaks to date had been five games, between February 13, 2021 and March 7, and also from the end of March to mid-April, both with the same number of unmarked matches. However, he is the striker who has scored the most goals this season, eight goals. One goal every 174 minutes. And their hierarchy, experience and quality face to door is indisputable.
The comparison of the strikers of Atlético de Madrid.
LA PUJANZA DE CUNHA
The Brazilian has an energy and a spirit that makes him a tough competitor. A very valid option too. Whenever he has jumped onto the field of play, he has complied. Even in the only match as a starter he had, before him MallorcaIt was one of the best. Three goals and one assist adds the South American. And his aggressiveness, his ability to press and his sense of goal place him among the preferred options for him. Cholo. He is the one with the best average of goals per minute of all the rojiblancos, one every 153 minutes.
The comparison of the strikers of Atlético de Madrid.
CORREA, THE SURVIVOR
It is the story of his life in the Athletic. The Argentine has had to fight, season after season, to find a place in the starting eleven, to have opportunities. In the end he has always succeeded and has become one of the key players for Simeone. As it happened last year in the title of League. His goals were decisive. It has the advantage that the Cholo He also sees him in other positions and that he is a different forward, who moves in short spaces like none of his teammates. He adds five goals and four assists, perhaps the most compensated between one facet and another. One goal every 249 minutes.
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