• Crónica Morata has the poison and Joao Félix, the periscope: Atlético overwhelms Getafe

In the press room of the Coliseum Alfonso Pérez, Álvaro Morata let his imagination run wild before the day of respite that awaited him: "Now it's time to rest, although with the three children...".

But his face shone with satisfaction for those two goals that confirm him as the guy with the most poison in the squad.

For that double that served as a platform for Atlético to take off in this League.

For those goals that seem to definitively extinguish those rumors about his future with which he joined the team's preseason, a little over a month ago.

Perhaps now they think in Turin that it was worth having paid those 35 million euros of the purchase option they had on Álvaro.

About the fashion scorer of Spanish football.

"I am not the owner of the club, I am the coach. Today he was very good, he worked with great humility and all of us who are at the club hope that he will continue with us," admitted

Diego Simeone

, his coach, after the win in Getafe.

"I'm really looking forward to being here. As always, I can only work and run for the team in every game," said Morata, who has scored 24 goals in his 62 games with Atlético.

That he has scored five times in his last two games (he scored a pre-season hat-trick against Juventus).

That physically and mentally, oblivious to the noises that come from outside, he has undergone a metamorphosis.

Perhaps it is the next arrival of his daughter, the fourth in the saga.

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But his ecstasy would not have been possible without Joao Félix.

Both have known each other since the summer of 2019. However, during that one season they shared under the same roof, they failed to connect on the pitch.

None of Morata's 16 goals were a gift from the Portuguese.

In just a month, both seem to have consolidated a successful partnership for the destiny of Atlético.

Joao, who now knows that he is decisive in the team, and who fine-tuned his set-up during his vacations with a personal trainer, interprets each race, each movement into space, of the Spanish striker like nobody else.

He did it twice in Getafe.

A week ago, in Turin, that same connection triggered the red and white storm.

"Joao looks more mature"

"Joao Félix is ​​very talented. You have to run forward when he has the ball and wait for it to reach you," Morata simplified the matter, after those first two gifts from the Portuguese in an official match.

Joao would still give a third assistance, this one to

Antoine Griezmann

, who had not scored in the League since November 28 and had 23 official games in a row without seeing a door.

As published by @atletico_stats_, the last rojiblanco player to sign three assists was

Gabi

.

He did it against Sporting, at the Vicente Calderón, 11 years ago (two to

Falcao

and one to

Domínguez

).

Joao Félix, like Morata, was openly praised by Simeone: "He looks more mature and stronger. He showed it in the 14 finals last season. He is growing and has a weighty maturity. He is in the best moment of his career".

The Argentine coach knows that, on his way to 23 years old, Joao is already the differential player they went to look for in Viseu that spring of 2019. The replacement of a Griezmann who spread many of those drops of quality against Getafe that made him essential makes Not that much.

Unless the market says otherwise, Joao and Morata are the names of the summer at Atlético.

A reliable and unlimited company to hold on to.

From their connection came a thrashing that is well worth a smile.

What better starting point.

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