Before Manchester United – Atletico Madrid – Joao Felix adapts like Antoine Griezmann before him

What might be a banal statement from a player who prefers to evade the issue of his team’s poor performance has finally become, on covers and translations, a shovel towards his coach Diego Simeone. Then a large part of the Spanish press was based on this assumption, given the many tensions that it had already opposed Hey Menino And the sholo In the fairly recent past. Therefore, she was not shy about returning to the Argentine’s words at a press conference: “If he knows what our problem is, let him tell us.Then he answered curtly.

Joao Felix, many goals with few touches

A week later, after playing a few ending matches, Felix found his starting spot at Osasuna Park. The annoyance dissipated with an early goal and then a decisive pass. Since then, the 22-year-old striker has become the best player in the Rojiblanca team. The author of five achievements over his last five matches, the ex-Benfica player seems to be finally sticking to his coach’s rhetoric and meeting his very own tactical expectations.

Even better, Joao Felix tends to get into the mold in which Antoine Griezmann melted faster than him to become a major player. Regardless of talent, the international Lusitanian has, in recent weeks, become the best soldier in the “Chocole” army. From a captain who doubles down on ball touches, the Portuguese is now more involved at the end of the action, better in pressing and more lethal at the end: he scored four of his last five goals before the seventh minute of play. ..and a lot more with just one touch.

Seven and a half years later, the letter was published Shlo To describe Félix’s performance in Benito Villamarin, he oddly recalled the rocker in his “Ginty” career: “He does whatever is asked of him as he did beforeAlteti technician said. We know he has talent, a good reading of the game and that he scores goals. He can defend the team. Everything is fine for him, he is able to adapt. He can get mad at me sometimes but with time he’ll appreciate it. “