The performance of the Julian Alvarez at Atlético de Madrid He is a long way from what was expected at the moment, but Diego Simeone came out to reassure him and assured that the Cordoban is “getting better and better” in the preview of the this Wednesday’s Champions League game against Lille of France, where the Córdoban player will start.
“Julian is getting better and better, He feels better in the city, with his teammates, with the team, with the group and he started to show all the differences he has,” said Cholo in a conference before the game this Wednesday at 4 pm (ESPN television)..
Julian was the most expensive signing of the break with the 95 million euros that Atlético arranged with Manchester City for his transfer. But, after 12 games with a Colchonero shirt and an irregular start for the teamexpectations are far from being met.
At least, the Cordovan ranges from smallest to largest: After not scoring in his first four games, he has three goals and an assist in his last eight. Although Unfortunately for him, his best achievements came when he left the bank.. As a starter he has 8 games (3 wins, 4 draws, one loss) and one goal, while going into the second half he has 4 games (3 wins, one draw) and two goals and one helping. In terms of minutes, he played 668. That is, he has visits every 223 minutes.
“He is a type of footballer that I have no doubt will do different things wherever he plays,” said Simeone referring to Julian’s position.a case that won several criticisms for the coach when he almost put in the middle of the park on the left side against Real Madrid (1-1).
Against Lille, Julian would play as a winger as part of the attacking trio completed by French Antoine Griezmann (4 goals and 5 assists in 12 games this season) and the 1.95 meter Norwegian giant, Alasdair Sorloth (3 goals and 2 assists in 12 games). This is the fourth time that the Cordoban and the Viking team have shared the lead from the start. Julian is coming off a fine assist in the 3-1 win against Leganés last weekend.
The team of Rodrigo De Paul, Nahuel Molina, Angel Correa, Juan Musso and Giuliano Simeone They lost 4-0 against Di María and Otamendi’s Benfica in Portugal in the second round of the Champions League, so they need to add three against the French to rearrange themselves in the table (in their first match they beat Leipzig 2-1 ). he is Lillefor his part, after losing 2-0 against Sporting in Lisbon on the first date, coming from giving the hit the second by beating Real Madrid 1-0 in France.
