Alvarez is upgraded to Messi, is Atletico Madrid saved?

"We need him, we must protect him, and hope he can stay in the club for many years, and we must create conditions for him to score goals." - Simeone

Madrid derby, double reversal

Madrid derby in the 7th round of La Liga, Atletico Madrid's home game against Real Madrid, Alvarez scored twice and directed a 5-goal reversal. While helping the team win a key battle, he also changed his "trend".

In the first five league games of this season, Alvarez only participated in 1 goal and 1 assist, and was replaced in advance because of missing a penalty. In the last two rounds of the game, Alvarez scored 5 goals, which strongly dispelled the haze.

Rebuilding around Alvarez, Simeone made a choice.

tactical resources are tilted, Spider-Based against Messi

In this highly anticipated Madrid derby, Simeone fulfilled her promise and gave Alvarez a lot of tactical resources - Griezmann sat on the bench, and Throot became the main force, and the Norwegian high center forward was responsible for sudden forward suppressing the central defender and providing cover for Spider-Based.

With the role of the second striker/shadow striker, Alvarez fully unleashed his advantages in technology, consciousness and shooting. Last season, Simeone used a homogenized forward combination (Alvarez & Griezmann) for a long time. Now, Atletico Madrid has finally completed the transfer of power (Griezmann plays as a substitute), and the era of Alvarez has officially arrived. Scoring 5 goals in the past 2 games, Spider-Kids' performance made people realize that Messi seems to be back in La Liga.