Most people criticized Joao for his comments about Atletico but he was right. It’s way easier to perform in a possesion side than in a defensive side
When you only touch the ball 5-10 times per game it’s harder to perform that if you touch it 45-50 times per game. Joao wasn’t lying when he said most players would prefer to touch the ball 50 times than 10 times.
Just compare today’s game between Barca and Atletico. Just compare how much touches did Joao had in comparison to Griezzman and you would see how Joao actually had a point.
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nah he was not. yesterdays game is just a snapshot in time. check the table since felix left atletico. tell me who scores the most goals and who has the most points this season running and then say again that he was right because of one game where barca played their best game so far this season and atletico one of their worst.
It come down to tactic of the manager. Rafa was pretty defensive coach for us but he still gave free role to likes of Gerrard and Torres to do their while the rest did the donkey work for them to shine.
Strange, when I played I just cared about the Ws. And Simeone gets that for a club where his style of play has allowed them to even compete with Barca.
Jao still sucks with Barca, sucked with Chelsea and ducks with Portugal, looks like he just sucks overall
Op, what I can see from your comment is that you think that felix is better when he is able to touch the ball more times per game… Meanwhile that is not resulting in more goals, so what you can really say is that he does not improve his game when he has more time on the ball.
Atletico Madrid are a possession side, except when they play Barcelona, Real Madrid or in the Champions League.
This is such a boring and overdone take by people who don’t really watch Primera Division matches. Griezmann has been the best player in the league for the last 15 months, and it isn’t because Atleti never want the ball.
Joao Felix isn’t consistent enough for any coach to build the team around. He had 2 goals in la liga. He might want his club to try and play football like Barcelona, but Atletico has more goals than Barca this season and is playing better football, first half tonight aside.
You can absolutely slot him into the Barca team. But you have to retool Atleti if you want him to play, and he’s not that good.
Felix - 61 touches
Griezmann - 56 touches
Breathtaking difference there
suarez, griezmann ( who sucked at Barca btw), falcao, morata, Diego costa, Koke ( who is a midfielder) all did very well attacking wise. Even villa and mandzukic also did well in their short time there.
People act like Felix has been very good for Barca when in fact he hasn’t. Two different systems and he’s supposed to be doing better in Barca’s system yet He’s been scoring goals at the same rate he was when he was at atletico.
Atletico play more like Barca than Barca do this season. If they had lost or drawn it would have been the other way around.
Ever since Xavi became manager Barca have become Burnleylona. They’re an eyesore to watch.
“When you only touch the ball 5-10 times per game it’s harder to perform”
Berbatov : Im sorry, what?
Felix is a bum
Whether or not he’s right doesn’t matter. It’s a stupid thing to say. If I tell my fictional wife it’s easier for me to get an erection to Margot Robbie than her, then that very well may be true, but what on Earth would I gain from saying it?
I also choose this man’s fictional wife.
He wasn’t right. Lots of attackers have thrived under Simeone. Felix isn’t willing to work hard enough in the system like a Griezmann
He wasn’t right. Lots of attackers have thrived under Simeone.
Lots MORE attackers have thrived at barcelona. ergo, he IS right by your own logic
Felix isn’t willing to work hard enough in the system like a Griezmann
yes, this is correct… but that doesn’t make him wrong. his comments are easier to thrive at barca in the possession style, not impossible to thrive at athleti. what he said is factually true for him and his style 100%.
Lots MORE attackers have thrived at barcelona. ergo, he IS right by your own logic
Lol, no, not even remotely close. He is very wrong, and so are you.
Since Simeone came to Atleti, only Messi, Neymar and Suarez have really thrived. Maybe Villa and Lewa first season.
Griezman, Dembele, Zlatan, Auba, Alexis Sanchez, Depay, Alcacer, Munir, Brainwaite, Boateng… Neither of those was really a success.
Now, on Atlético, pretty much every striker they signed became a star and was sold for massive profit: Falcao, Griezmann, Costa, Forlán, Agüero. And to a point, Mandzukic and Villa.
Felix is the first real flop.
I disagree, so many Barca attackers have failed or not lived up to their potential. At athletico id say not as many
2 league goals in 12 games at Barca and 4 in 16 at Chelsea. This is a player that cost 100+ million not long ago. The biggest issue is that he is nowhere near that level regardless of who the manager is.
The Griezmann comparison over one game is also terrible. Griezmann has absolutely thrived under Simeone at Atletico, and that’s what a top player actually looks like.