Julián Alvarez scored again in the League championship. He did it twice and both times as a penalty: the first committed on Giuliano and the second about Marcos Llorente. The striker was accurate from the point of penalty and has reached the 26 goals this season with Atlético in official competition. A quite notable figure in his first year in the rojiblanco team and that places him at the level of other great scorers of Atlético.
The Argentine striker has scored 14 goals in the league tournament, seven in Champions and five in Copa del Rey. In addition, he has distributed five assists, two in the league, two in the Cup and one in Champions. Goals and assists that have made possible that Atlético has been fighting for everything almost until the end. “Las Palmas,” the rojiblanco player replied at the end of the match when asked about the League.
The last players who reached 25 goals in their first season at Atlético They were Hasselbaff (who marked 35 in the 1999-2000 year); Salva (who scored 27 in the 2000-01 season) and Radamel Falcao (author of 36 goals In 2011-12). Hasselbalent only played a campaign in Atlético, but left flashes of its quality and its scoring capacity. But Atlético descended in the season in which he was the center of the Madrid team. And Hasselbaink left the Madrid entity.
-He also left a good memory Salva Ballesta, who played two years in Atlético (2000-01 and 2004-05). In his first exercise he scored 27 goals. And unforgettable was Radamel Falcao. The ‘Tigre’ has been one of the best front centers that Atlético has had throughout its history. He played in the 2011-12 and 2012-13 seasons at Atlético. In his first campaign he made 36 goals with the rojiblanca shirt. The penalty was that there were no more years in the Madrid entity. He won a Copa del Rey, a Europa League and a European Super Cup with Atlético.
Julián Alvarez also wants to make a great career at the Metropolitan club. With 25 years, it has a market value of 90 million, and a contract until 2030. A player who has perfectly adapts to Atlético, loved by his teammates and the rojiblanca fans. A footballer who has added a significant number of goals in his first year under Cholo’s orders, which is not always simple. “There is no other left,” he assumed the tip at the end of the match against Valladolid when he was told if the team had left behind the rod suffered against Real Madrid and Barcelona.
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