Football NewsBernabeu is not ready for a new Llorente
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The rojiblanco ’14’ has only played once in his old fiefdom, prior to his explosion at Anfield. It will be his turn to act as a winger marking Vinicius.

 

Facing the previous team

Marcos Llorente faces his past – turned into a total player. The midfielder arrived at Atletico in the summer of 2019 after the presence of Casemiro closed the doors to the minutes in the Real Madrid game. Canterano blanco, his assignment to Alavés had served him to vindicate himself as a great pivot of theft, driving and good ball movement. A lot of physical display to cover, win aerial duels and cover endless fields, but I had in Casemiro a world-class player in the position. Atlético had lost Rodrigo Hernández and launched into his signing to try to exploit those qualities as an anchor for the team. However, in his first months at the club he did not find his space: the presence of Thomas, certain difficulties in moving the team with the ball and a period of adaptation to the cholismo was causing Llorente to enter the team with a dropper. Until Simeone was convinced to carry out a total revolution.

 

The coach believes in the Llorente

The coach explained in subsequent interviews how he saw that the ’14’ did not play and the next day he trained even harder, without ever losing hope. He came to the exercises in a reduced field and scored goals, he was decisive in the face of goal despite the fact that , between Real Madrid and Alavés, he had not made his debut as a scorer in the League and had only added two goals in three seasons in the elite (one in the World Cup). Clubs and another in Copa del Rey). And, little by little, Cholo was introducing Llorente to other positions