Atletico Madrid forward Joao Felix has revealed that playing in his own way. Exactly what manager Diego Simeone has demanded of him,
The 21-year-old has been criticized for his performances. After joining from Benfica for €126 million last year. The 2019
This weekend, Joao Felix collected the first red card of his career in Atletico Madrid’s goalless draw with Athletic Club, shown two quick yellows for an alleged foul and then for calling referee Jesus Gil Manzano “crazy”.
While Gil Manzano has been criticised in Spain for overreacting.
Portugal international has yet to show a performance that is suitable for his price tag.
After being repeatedly injured. The lack of consistency
Felix recently underwent surgery on the joints in the past summer. and just returned to the field a few weeks ago
The striker is doing better after coming out of injury. Including in the game against Liverpool where he showed a solo, assisted Antoine Griezmann to equalize,
Felix revealed that this was his style of play. Which is what Simeone calls to express.
“This is football my way. Turns around, one-on-one duels and looking for teammates. and creating goalscoring opportunities,” he said.
“This is what I’m doing. And it’s what they told me to do. I will continue to play like this to create more chances for the team to score goals.”