Joao Felix celebrates scoring towards Atletico – regardless of being on mortgage from them
Joao Felix celebrated emphatically after scoring towards his father or mother membership Atletico Madrid for Barcelona in La Liga.
The Portuguese ahead netted the one aim of the sport, latching on to a through-ball and chipping former team-mate Jan Oblak from a good angle within the twenty eighth minute to seal three essential factors within the title race. But not many would have anticipated him to rejoice as passionately as he did towards the membership he represented for three-and-a-half seasons – and nonetheless belongs to.
Having seen the online bulge, Felix jumped onto the commercial hoarding and stood there, arms aloft in Jude Bellingham-like vogue. The much-criticised 24-year-old lastly felt vindicated after a turbulent spell below Diego Simeone which noticed him overtly criticised, despatched out on mortgage to Chelsea and compelled to coach alone earlier than the beginning of the season.
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Explaining his celebration, Felix mentioned post-match: “People have been talking about me all week, but I don’t pay attention to that. I’m just doing my job. I don’t care what people say, I work every day to become better.
“The celebration was spontaneous. It was a release of what I had been through last summer. It was for my family and my Barca team-mates who have welcomed me.”
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Much had been mentioned about Felix and Atletico within the build-up, and the previous Golden Boy winner had made certain to purpose a thinly-veiled jibe at his former facet, saying: “For sure [I prefer] this style [at Barcelona]- me and every player.
“If you ask each participant, when you ask the gamers from Atlético, too, they would like to play extra time on the assault, for certain. If they do not reply that, they’re mendacity. Of course, each participant needs to assault, needs to have the ball and to attain objectives.”
It is unknown whether Barcelona will move to make Felix’s transfer permanent at the end of the season due to their financial problems. Simeone had been publicly critical of Felix’s failure to adapt to Atletico’s style earlier this season, but maintained that there was still a place for him in the squad if he returned.
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He mentioned: “Some people at Atletico don’t like Felix’s attitude. When you don’t understand the idiosyncrasies of where you are, it is very difficult to coexist together. It’s like if I want to live like people live in Argentina, I have to live like they live in Spain.”
“He’s always been talented, but he struggles to track back and defend. But whatever good things happen to Joao Felix will be good for us.
“If he stays at Barcelona, we’ll receive an important income. If he comes back, he has three years to prove what he improved elsewhere.”