Simeone praises Luis Suarez for improving Atletico Madrid


Simeone praises Luis Suarez for improving Atletico Madrid
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Luis Suarez left Barcelona to join Atletico Madrid in the summer transfer window for a fee of 6 millions Euros in performance related bonuses. Atletico bagged a bargain with Suarez scoring 198 goals for Barcelona since 2014. The Barcelona board and Koeman felt that the player’s best days are behind him. However, Suarez is proving all of them wrong with his performances for Atletico Madrid.

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Luis Suarez key player for Atletico Madrid

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Luis Suarez has started the season wonderfully for Atletico and has gotten four goals in La Liga so far. Moreover, his presence has also improved Joao Felix who has got 5 goals so far this season. Diego Simeone emphasized the importance of Suarez to Atletico in the pre-match conference ahead of the match with Lokomotiv Moscow.

Simeone said, “I believe that all this is generated from the presence of Suarez. With the likes of Costa and Morata before him, they had a lot of other characteristics, but we have been looking for other qualities. Luis has needed more people close to him, close to where he can hurt the opposition, and that is the team’s goal. We had to adapt to play with Falcao, with Costa and now with Suarez.”

Simeone will be expecting more goals from Suarez as the team look to challenge Barca and Real Madrid for the La Liga title. Moreover, they will be looking to challenge for the UEFA Champions League after losing two finals in 2014 and 2016.

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