The Atlético de Madrid from Diego Pablo Simeone It is a complicated team to land on. Not because of the environment or anything like that, but because it is a highly demanding team. The Cholo He has always defended that to play for Atlético “it is not only with talent”, but that more skills are necessary and of course, a certain attitude. Hence, not everyone has all the minutes they would like when they signed for the mattress team.
“Our essence is not the style of play, but the way we live the game. So I think that when you get to the changing room of the AthleticSome find it more difficult to adapt, others a little less; But when they adapt, they understand that only with the talent in the Atlético de Madrid do not play. Because obviously, to be in the Atlético de Madrid they have talent. The difference is not talent, it is personality, security, conviction, commitment, playing as a team ”, he explained Simeone Not a long time ago.
And that is something that is seen in the ‘toll’ that the new incorporations have to pay until they are able to get a regular position in the starting eleven or they begin to have a real role. It is something that has even suffered someone like Antoine Griezmann, who already knew the coach, the club, the teammates, the city, etc … in this second stage in the Athletic.
It can be affirmed without fear of being wrong that the signings of Atlethical this past summer are paying the ‘toll of Simeone‘. Including the French or a footballer with the hierarchy of Rodrigo De Paul, which was also an express request from Cholo himself. Neither of them, nor the other two signings –Matheus Cunha and Lecomte– have managed to get noticed. The goalkeeper was already expected because he became the substitute for Jan Oblak, but in the case of outfield players it is significant.
RODRIGO DE PAUL
Right now, the one that adds the most minutes is Rodrigo De Paul, who has participated in nine games, only four of them as a starter. The Argentine, who was the footballer around whom the entire game of Udinese, has encountered intermittent stakes in his new club. He has only completed two of the four games in which he started at the start. It has left very good feelings, the Athletic He has more packaging, seriousness and offensive capacity when he is on the field, but even so he has not yet managed to become indisputable. He adds an assistance, the one he gave to strap before him Elche. In the clash before him Barça He started, but ended up being substituted at half-time because he had a yellow card.
ANTOINE GRIEZMANN
For its part, Griezmann arrived with the course already started, he had played the first matches of League with the Barça. Add seven games, four as a starter. Arriving as one of the most important forwards in the world and having already passed the ‘mili’ mattress, more prominence was expected. It has been difficult for him to adapt to this new stage. “East Athletic It is no longer the one in which he was, “he warned Simeone after the game in Getafe. The great moment of Joao Felix and Lemar They have closed the door to have more minutes. The player himself acknowledged that it was being difficult to adapt. “There is part of a reason (in the critics) because I was not comfortable, I was not. In the end, the signing was made on the last day, it is another tactic, another dressing room, another way of playing and it costs. In the end, there are many changes, you have to get used to it as quickly as possible ”, acknowledged the Macon. He adds 352 minutes in which he has scored the goal in San Siro, very important.
MATHEUS CUNHA
Finally, Matheus Cunha It came to be the final complement to the lead but found that on the last market day it arrived Griezmann. More competition for an area that is already very demanding in the Athletic. He has participated in five games, he has not started yet. Just 101 minutes in which he has left very good feelings. It gives the feeling that he is a very usable player, but in the Athletic that does not guarantee anything. He was unlucky enough to get injured before the game of Barça.
BENJAMIN LECOMTE
The French goalkeeper is still unpublished. Except for a setback in the case of Jan Oblak, it will be for quite some time. In principle, the competition of Cup. And that will be the only scenario in which he can be seen except for injury or punishment from the Slovenian. He came precisely for this, to be the bodyguard of the best goalkeeper in the world. A role that Ivo Grbic, his predecessor in the position, did not want to assume another season because at his age he needed to play. In your case, Lecomte has adapted well to Athletic, has a French-speaking group that has welcomed him in the best way and has been seen very integrated into the dressing room.
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