Atlético.La controversial claim by Joao Félix: "Shut up the fucking mouth!"
Apparently, it was Lodi who Joao Félix ordered to close his mouth after scoring against Villarreal.
Don't be angry, you said it and you have.
We are together, brother », published the Brazilian side on his Instagram account, with a photo of Joao demanding silence.
It is unknown if
Diego Pablo Simeone
, oblivious (or not) to the world of social networks, asked the Portuguese about the matter, during the morning training on Monday.
The issue was settled like this.
The only certainty is that the young red-and-white star, who had been navigating between insignificance for a month of February, and a 2021 of few boasts, was once again decisive for the fate of his team.
Although, yes, he decided to dress his target, the tenth of the course, with a spicy gesture and shout, far from the sweetness of the happy moment.
It was a catharsis without contemplations, on the way to a Madrid derby that he now faces with a quite different spirit than he was bringing.
Of the last one, in Valdebebas, in the middle of last December, he keeps a rather harsh memory.
Life goes by at full speed for Joao Félix.
Just a couple of years ago,
Andrea Berta
, Atlético's sporting director, took note, ojiplático, of his hat-trick with Benfica against
Eintracht
, in the first leg of the Europa League quarter-finals.
Then came the courtship in Viseu, his hometown, the famous 126 million, a season of adaptation in Madrid (with his parents taking turns not to leave him alone), interrupted by the pandemic, and this course, that of its consolidation, marked by a dreamy autumn and freezing winter.
He left the artificial turf of
Cornellà
marked
, in the sultry cupbearer slap, and left the last derby kicking the seats, after a change that only Simeone understood that night.
"I love the rebellious player, who is proud and wants to change situations," proclaimed his coach, minutes after Joao put an end to a drought that lasted more than a month (he had scored his last goal against Valencia, on the 24th of January).
With that target he surpassed his scoring record from last year, with three months still ahead of the competition: 10 goals and five assists.
Of course, only two goals in almost four months of the League.
The dislocated night in Bucharest was still floating in his head, where he was barely able to tie a decent ball to his boot against
Chelsea
.
The two weeks off due to his positive for Covid interrupted the search for that sharp autumn profile, which Atlético appreciated so much.
Then, those 126 million paid to Benfica, in what is the most important disbursement in the club's history, seemed like small change.
Its current value, according to the specialized website Transfermarkt is
100 million
.
The motivation of the Champions
Joao is an indisputable piece in the Champions League, a competition where, generally, with the exception of the last episode in Romania, he usually grows a couple of feet.
The continental showcase raises its revolutions.
Barely a quarter of an hour has been lost in the seven games this season.
On the other hand, in the League he has only played three full games (Levante, Huesca and Cádiz).
In Europe he has not only left flashes of his quality, with a vital double in the Metropolitan, against Salzburg, but with that defensive effort that Simeone has been demanding almost from the day of his presentation, almost two years ago.
70 kilometers
accumulates on his legs, which is an average of 10 per game.
With some anger in between, like the one he took in Munich, for a soft leg that ended in a goal.
Along the way, Joao has lost his former mentor,
Diego Costa
.
During his first months at the club, it was the Spanish-Brazilian forward who led him by the hand.
Costa's character and seniority, apart from the common language, of course, made life easier for him.
Without him, beyond his great relationship with his 'brother'
Lodi
or with
Felipe
and
Herrera
, who also use their language,
Luis Suárez has
been on top of him.
13 years and a handful of titles separate them, but now, the Uruguayan knows that Joao is the most lucid partner at the crime scene.
And Joao, as revealed by his photo with Luis, minutes after the game, also feels more relaxed.
Koke
or
Savic
, always cut like in that Spanish Super Cup in Saudi Arabia, when Messi faced him.
he also watches that everything goes well.
At the club they are aware that the Portuguese, called to lead the team without intermittence, still has to polish some of those small sins that usually come standard with youth.
Like the mosqueo in Valdebebas or the loud protest gesture in Villarreal.
After all, Joao is only 21 years old.
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