Luis Suárez opens a new goalscoring era at Atletico
Torres, Forlán, Agüero, Falcao, Griezmann... Atletico de Madrid has a very particular idyll with strikers. Since the sale of Torres in order to survive as a club, Gil Marín has moved well between the sporting and the economic. Goalscorers in passing but who have left a good sporting performance and more money in the till than they paid for them. The connection with the fans is the least important thing for the management. Falcao left as a star and Agüero as a mercenary they don't want to see again. This is the suffering that the mattress maker has become used to.
Luis Suárez has been the perfect move. A world-class goalscorer who arrives in good shape from Barça. For zero euros and with a lower fee than the one he received from Barcelona FC. Some of his best assets are his desire to give his ex-team problems every day by scoring goals. That's why Bartomeu didn't want him to join Atlético, but if the motion of censure doesn't carry him through, it will be March's elections. And no one is going to reproach him anymore.
Suárez, Costa, Correa, Joao Félix... and even Llorente and Carrasco are scoring players in Atlético Madrid. It remains to be seen whether the club wants to make money with Costa to go for another striker or stay with the Brazilian Hispanic. In the distant horizon there is the option to go for Cavani and have their second kit of Uruguay made by Nike. It is a complicated move, but Cavani is still without a team and is offering to play for much less than he was paid in Paris.
Suárez's performance depends on his battered knee. He underwent surgery in January to reach the America's Cup, but the pandemic made him finish the League in June and play for the Champions League in August. It is likely that his recovery after the matches will take two or three days and he will not be able to play four or five matches in a row but the goal scoring result will be worth it.
The other profit factor is Simeone. A coach capable of squeezing young players like Llorente and who now has to decide what role he wants for the Uruguayan. Physical wear and tear is no guarantee of success. Pressing up, running after the ball, playing for your teammates - that's not Luis Suarez's game. A striker needs the ball in the right place to score goals. That is where João Félix comes in and his ability to provide the new striker with the ball comes into play.
Granada has been a poor match for Atletico Madrid's prospects this season. Rubiales' intransigence with the games on Fridays and Mondays has led the Granada team and Sevilla to play on Sunday, with an extra day off on Monday. If we add the intensity of the debut of Atletico Madrid in the league to this federal game, we get 6-1.
Atlético has signed a goal. An absolute guarantee of success if they know how to play for it. Simeone will have to lose that fear for attack he has in big matches. It happened to him in the finals against Real Madrid and against Leipzig in August. Atletico returns as a goal scorer in a season where scoring goals is going to be a challenge.
