João Félix, on the duel with Atlético: “It’s going to be complicated for everyone and a little worse for me”

Comes back John Felix to Madrid. He returns to his home, to the Metropolitano, because he belongs to Atlético, who loaned him to Barça this past summer. The young Portuguese returns, for whom the red and white club paid 130 million to Benfica, but Simeone, coach and leader, not only football but also spiritual, of that team, never wanted him.

“It’s going to be complicated for everyone and a little worse for me,” confessed João Félix in an interview with DAZN, assuming that he is “extra motivated” to face his former team. “I like spicy games,” added the Portuguese player. .

João Felix. / EFE

Atlético’s fans, with whom he never connected when they met in Madrid, did not like the rage with which he celebrated the goal he scored against Simeone’s team in Montjuïc. “I am a soccer player and I have to get used to these things,” said João Félix, who has said that he will not feel sorry for the hostile reception that awaits him at the Metropolitano in a decisive match for Atlético to secure the Champions zone.

Full of pride and self-esteem, the red and white team will appear against Barça after eliminating Inter in the penalty shootout of the Champions League round of 16 and knowing that they will face Dortmund in the quarterfinals.

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“All this motivates me more. I like important games, games that are spicy,” underlined João Félix, who has lost, after an ankle injury that kept him out of four games, his starting status for Xavi. The coach forms an attack with Lamine Yamal (right), Lewandowski (center forward) and now Raphinha (false left winger) occupying the position that used to belong to the Portuguese.

He has scored five goals in the 21 League games he has played, in addition to giving two assists. But he has not finished being decisive at Barça as Xavi expected. He started against Mallorca (61 minutes), but then had a very residual role in the decisive duel against Naples: just eight minutes.

2024-03-16 06:57:16
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