Marcos Llorente is a regular already on the lists of Luis Enrique. Since it exploded in the Athletic as inside, playing closer to the rival area than he did in the Real Madrid and in the Alaves, the coach has counted on him. And he has done it to play in all lines, except as a goalkeeper.
When Luis Enrique announces a list, he does so by differentiating the players that make up each line. Marcos Llorente had already been called as a midfielder (last November to play against the Netherlands, Switzerland and Germany), as defending (in the last European Championship, without going any further) and now, to play the final four of the Nations League, the coach has cited him as Forward.
A wild card that only needs to prove the goalkeeper position. The injuries of important men like Gerard Moreno or Morata have caused Llorente to be called up as an attacker, a position that is not completely unknown to him because Simeone He has already placed him in a game very close to the forward.
Now that Cholo is using Llorente a lot as a winger, the coach seems to have forgotten that position for the Atlético player and sees him as an offensive resource. Against Georgia, in the previous call, he was decisive playing close to the area and arriving from the right side, surely offering his best version with the national team. A performance that perhaps has changed the way of thinking of Luis Enrique.
More comfortable near the area
Marcos Llorente himself acknowledged after that game against Georgia that he feels more comfortable playing close to the rival area. “I have played where I feel most comfortable, where I had my best season, the coaches know it. Today I have been lucky enough to play there and I have shown that I do well,” he said after that game on TVE’s microphones.
Luis Enrique explained in this way that he cited Marcos Llorente as a forward on his last list: “Nothing has changed, and I could have put him as a defense, a midfielder or a forward, today I wanted to put him as a forward. There are players who can play in different positions, I think it is beneficial for them if they accept it themselves, even if it would have put it close to the three goalkeepers. “
