Chen the Milan I was passing over Atlético for half an hour Simeone He looked at everything he had on the bench, which was a lot, and decided that it was Joao Felix the one who entered the green to turn around a dramatic situation until the locals were left with 10. Neither Griezmann, nor Lemar, nor De Paul, nor Cunha. The chosen one was the young Portuguese star.
In those, the 7th came out seeking to demonstrate that it has a place in a starting eleven in which Suarez it’s the 9th and Griezmann and strap they are alternating in the position of second end in the majority of parties. With the four on the green, despite the gallons of the Uruguayan and the Frenchman (who put a face to the comeback by scoring the two goals), it was the Portuguese who asked the ball the most to try to turn the situation around.
Nor the intensity of the Milanists, who did not hesitate to stop Joao with some hard tackles, grappling and foul play, prevented the former del Benfica He will not stop asking for the ball over and over again. Thrown to the left, he starred in some of the best attacking plays of the Simeone, who did not hesitate to applaud him in a play in which he showed that he can also be intense defending, his main handicap in the eyes of the coach.
Your favorite tournament
Despite not marking or attending Joao left again the feeling that the Champions it is the tournament that motivates him the most. He already recognized in his day that nothing makes him happier than playing a tournament that, you know well on the 7th, monopolizes all the spotlights in the race to be one of the best footballers in Europe. A path that seemed to be lost for the Portuguese between ankle problems and his irregularity in the first two seasons in the Athletic but in which he is willing to continue fighting thanks to his youth.
On Saturday he will have another opportunity to show himself at a great date. Comes the Barça the Metropolitan to face an Atlético who he tried to convince, first, of a Griezmann-Joao barter for, already in the last days of the market, request the transfer of the Portuguese to make him the benchmark of your project.
Red-and-white negative
In any case, the Catalans were met with a resounding refusal from a Athletic who continues to believe that Joao He has all the conditions to end up being one of the best players in the world. The first step is already being taken by fighting to be one of the essential attacking players in an Atlético with more offensive talent than ever.
