“Hell” in Madrid
Before the disastrous loss at the hands of Valencia, Atletico Madrid had a relatively smooth start in La Liga this season. After 3 rounds, coach Diego Simeone’s team won a total of 7 points, scored 10 goals and conceded only 1 goal. However, there was definitely an individual who felt unhappy, even though Atletico achieved a series of quite impressive achievements.
Obviously, that is the case with Joao Felix, who has not appeared in any of Atletico’s matches in La Liga this season. In fact, right from last season, coach Diego Simeone no longer had plans to use Felix. Not only did Simeone constantly exile the Portuguese star to the bench, he also directly sent this player to Chelsea despite declaring that Atletico would be a team with “Felix and 10 people”.
Felix has long had problems with Simeone.
After Felix returned from his loan contract at Stamford Bridge, the situation still did not improve. Since the season has not officially started, there has been a series of noises surrounding this striker in Atletico’s training sessions, typically being eliminated from the 10 vs 10 match or having to practice with the youth team. Entering the new season, things got even worse for Felix as he was often scorned by Atletico fans on the field and also showed signs of being isolated by his teammates.
Reborn from the ashes
It wasn’t until the last transfer day of the summer transfer market in La Liga that Felix was able to “defect” from Atletico through a loan contract to Barcelona. In fact, he did not leave much of an impression in his debut match, but in fact, with about 10 minutes of playing time against Osasuna, Felix could hardly shine. And in his first start, Atletico’s 127 million euro contract immediately proved his value with a goal against Real Betis.
Felix is ​​booming at Barcelona.
This morning, Felix continued to be in Barcelona’s starting lineup in the Champions League clash with Antwerp. And it only took him 11 minutes for him to score his second goal under the Blaugrana shirt, before exploding with an assist for Robert Lewandowski and completing his double with a goal to help Barca set the score. No. 5-0. It is important to know that the Camp Nou home team has scored 10 goals in the last 2 matches, proving that Felix has really helped them improve the quality of their attack.
With 3 goals, 1 assist and voted Best Player in both starts, Felix has truly returned to the image of a top attacking player in Europe at the present time. If he can maintain his impressive form and continue to develop, then at the age of 23, Felix’s chances of reviving his career and entering the ranks of the best players in the world are clearly not small.
Huynh Phong | 10:26 September 20, 2023
