“There have been a lot of rumors lately.. The truth is that I was very calm, doing my job at the club, trying to show the coach that I want to be there. And I think it’s clear that I’m going to continue“.
The words of Thiago Almada in recent days, after rumors that he was going to emigrate from Atlético de Madrid, They put an end to a wave of versions around the world champion midfielder. And what he did this Sunday, in the victory of the colchonero team by 3-0 on Mallorcaat the Wanda Metropolitano, ended up outlining a much more fortunate future in the Spanish capital, because He scored a great goal that unleashed the madness of the fans.
It was a genius of Almada, who with barely 15 minutes on the court showed that his talent has no limits. After a great individual play, he got into the area with the ball dominated to leave three defenders in the way; then he took a powerful right hand and unleashed the euphoria of Diego Simeonewho had made him enter after 72 minutes instead of the Norwegian Alexander Sorloth, who scored the first goal as in each of the seven points added in the three rounds played in 2026.
“Impossible right shot for the goalkeeper and he is a saver, but in this one he couldn’t do anything”said the commentator of the official broadcast, regarding the goal of the former Vélez and world champion in Qatar 2022. While on social networks, an ESPN post summarized: “Pure Potrero, baby! Infernal goal from Thiago Almada for Atleti to go on to beat Mallorca!”.
Almada He added his 20th game for Atlético and scored his third goal for the club from Madrid, which he arrived from Olympique de Lyon, France.
The Argentine coach, who enjoyed the thirteenth consecutive victory at the Metropolitano, ten in a row in La Liga, chose to put among the headlines Julian Alvarez (accumulates 8 games without scoring, has not scored since December 9 against PSV) already Giuliano Simeone as forwards. For the second half they entered Thiago Almada y Nicolas Gonzalezwhile Nahuel Molina y Juan Musso They were on the substitutes’ bench.
These movements are not minor for the Colchonero team, since it is one of the teams in the Spanish League that scored the most goals thanks to its substitute players: the players who start from the bench scored 11 goals: 6 celebrations for Antoine Griezmann and 3 for Thiago Almada. The other two teams with the most victories thanks to their substitute players are Celta (11) and Barcelona (10).
With this victory, Atlético de Madrid consolidates itself in third place in the League, behind Barcelona y Real Madridcon 44 pointsseven units from the lead. In addition, the mattress team gained energy to face the decisive date in the Champions League, since next Wednesday he will receive Will Glimt of Norway in search of a place among the best eight teams that will qualify for the round of 16.
After Cholo Simeone’s annoyance against a journalist in the pre-match due to Julián Alvarez’s performance, the manager was asked about the Argentine striker again after the victory against Mallorca: “All footballers go through these types of streaks. Maybe they start scoring and end up with a huge number of goals. He is differential and if we want to reach the important moments we need him because he is one of the best on the team.”
Furthermore, the coach spoke of a need for signings: “Surely we will look for the players the team needs because it needs them.” And Cholo also spoke about the forcefulness up. “It’s part of the game, sometimes we are fortunate that the ball is left for Sorloth to push, other times that the defenders take it out from under the line… All games are not the same and I hope there are more moments like today.”
