for Simeon is, he has recognized on countless occasions, vital that the midfielders have arrival… and goal. That not only the strikers, however good they may be, contribute to the final score count. Hence the importance he gave to the Mark Llorente of the past course. Hence the effort to sign Paul’s in the last transfer market.
And it is that the offensive numbers of the Madrilenian and the Argentine reached the highest levels of his career. On the 14th, he does nothing as a defensive midfielder, he drew a historic double-double in goals, 13, and assists. The former Udinese player was close to signing similar figures in what was his last season in the Serie A: 9 goals and 11 decisive passes.
In total both participated in 45 goals. An outrage that they have not even come close to this season in one more of the explanations of the irregular, it will be terrible not to enter the Champions League, the campaign of the still current League champion.
And it is that from that almost half a hundred goals it has gone to just seven with the intervention of both media. Unexpected figure seeing the performance of last year and that has penalized the team and the players themselves. Llorentewho has also suffered the rigors of injuries like never before, has spent a lot of time as a lane and De Paul has fallen out of more lineups of those expected when Simeone insisted that 35 kilos be paid for his services.
Only Lemar and Carrasco have been up to the task
This evil in the medullary It doesn’t just affect these two players. It is true that they are the ones who have lowered their performance the most but other midfielders used to help in this facet and this course they have hardly been seen reaching the opposite goal. They are Koke, Herrera and, to a lesser extent, Kondogbia. Two among the three and surpassed by three defenders like Lodi, Felipe and Hermoso. Yes, Lemar and Carrasco have responded better, with nine goals between them, nothing to do with the two goals between Llorente and De Paul.
