Marcos Llorente placeholder image He lived through a 20/21 season that he can hardly forget. The rojiblanco midfielder became during many phases of it the most decisive player in the championship. Between the League and the Champions he achieved 13 goals and 12 assists. Figures that led Atlético to the league title and Marcos to the European Championship with the national team. It was impossible that the best midfielder of the championship did not have the prize of the Euro. Of course, his role with Luis Enrique happened to be that of Right side.
A position in which Simeone he has been forced to reconvert Madrid at the beginning of the year. The latest return of Trippier after being a finalist in the Eurocup, the little confidence in Vrsaljko and the good time of Lemar and From paul coupled with a new drop in English … they have opened the path to the side for Marcos. A position in which you will surely not feel comfortable, but in which you are gradually recovering sensations.
Marcos’ last two crashes have been starting from the side. In front of Milan lived a complicated night like the rest of the team, but from his boots the pass to Cunha that could mean a draw in the last minutes of the game and completely change the rojiblanca roadmap in the Champions League.
His presence in the offensive zone is essential for the team and for this reason, against Cádiz, Cholo and his team looked for a way to bring Llorente closer to the rival area and for this they found in Koke and Lemar the perfect partners. The Frenchman, who started as a midfielder on the side, constantly sought to play on the inside to allow Marcos to occupy the space that was generated. Koke was in charge of occupying the position that he left free Llorente to thus enhance the presence of the Madrilenian in the offensive zone.
Premiere as an assistant this season
With the assistance of Griezmann In this way, he broke a drought that has haunted him all the course. If we stop to compare the records at this point of last season with those of this, the numbers do not leave a good place to a Llorente who has seen how to start from the side has diminished prominence. Five goals and three assists at the beginning of December 2020 had already added 14 colchonero. Now, after breaking that slump, his offensive presence must be key for Atlético. For now, the right wing has become Llorente’s band. Whether as a lane, side or inside, the rojiblanco has turned that area of the pitch into his habitat.
