Simeone rehearsed in Atlético’s last training session with Luis Suárez and João Félix at the point of attack. The Argentine coach did a dress rehearsal ahead of the match against Barcelona and joined the Uruguayan and the Portuguese in attack. A duo that worked very well precisely in the match of the first round played at the Wanda Metropolitano against the team azulgrana. In the match played on October 2, Atlético won 2-0, with goals from Lemar and Luis Suárez.
Suárez and João Félix formed in attack and were replaced in the 71st minute of the game. The team was already winning 2-0. Correa and Griezmann entered to refresh the Madrid team. It was a round game for the two starting forwards and they can repeat it in the clash at the Camp Nou. There have not been many games in which both players have coincided from the start.
They did it against Porto, at the Wanda Metropolitano, in a match that ended in a goalless draw. João Félix was changed in the 55th minute by Griezmann. They also played a large part of the match together against Milan, at the San Siro. The Portuguese was a substitute, but Milan was left with ten very soon and Simeone removed Trippier in the 39th minute and brought on João Félix. Atlético played with all its artillery in the second half and He ended up winning 1-2, with goals from Griezmann and Luis Suárez, from a penalty.
In LaLiga, the two played together against Real Sociedad and Levante. Both matches ended in a tie at two goals. In those clashes Cholo put the trident (Griezmann, João Félix and Luis Suárez). Against Liverpool, at Anfield, the attacking couple was once again formed by the Portuguese and the Uruguayan. Both left the field of play in the 58th minute in a match that turned Atlético uphill in the first half. Simeone’s team could hardly stand up to the English team.
Against Granada they both played again. Suárez was replaced in the 67th minute by Cunha and Atlético lost. And on the last day, against Valencia, Atlético turned the game around and ended up taking all three points. But it was just when João Félix left the pitch (Cunha entered in the 56th minute) with the Wanda Metropolitano whistling for Cholo’s changes. Atlético took three points, with goals from Correa and Hermoso in the 90th and 93rd minutes.
Now they will have a new opportunity to play together. João Félix has three goals this season (two in LaLiga and one in Copa del Rey). Luis Suárez, for his part, has scored nine goals (seven in LaLiga, one in the Champions League and one in the Copa del Rey). Simeone expects much more from them.
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