Tag: Álvaro Morata

Morata impone récord de goleo, pero ni así deja de ser el villano

Morata es el tipo de jugador que tristemente será recordado por las que falló que por los goles que sí metió

España e Italia brindaron un gran partido, digno de una semifinal, con mucha lucha y choque, con más faltas que emociones frente al arco, pero que tuvo que llegar hasta la instancia de penales para definir al ganador.

Italia se fue al frente en el marcador por conducto de Chiesa que hizo un golazo, pero cerca del final, Álvaro Morata se vistió de héroe y por unos momentos parecía que limpiaba su imagen de poca certeza frente al arco, empatando el partido y mandando todo al alargue.

Ya en los tiempos extras España fue mejor, apretó y buscó ganarlo en el tiempo extra, pero media hora no fue suficiente, las fallas frente al arco continuaron.

Tuvieron que llegar a los penales y pese a que ambos equipos erraron su primer disparo, la serie iba pareja hasta que llegó Álvaro Morata y cobró el peor penal de su vida, un disparo flojo y sin potencia que el arquero Donnarumma detuvo.

Su gol en la semifinal, lo puso por encima de figuras como Fernando Torres (5) y David Villa (4) como el máximo anotador de España en Eurocopas con seis goles, sin embargo la etiqueta de villano será muy difícil de quitarse.

Morata es el tipo de jugador que tristemente será recordado por las que falló que por los goles que sí metió. No pudo anotar en la serie decisiva y condenó a su equipo a la eliminación de la Eurocopa, ahora Italia espera rival entre Inglaterra y Dinamarca

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Real Madrid beats rivals Atletico Madrid thanks to an evil (and brilliant) red-card challenge

Real Madrid beat Atletico Madrid in the Supercopa de Espana final thanks to a smart and totally cynical red-card challenge from Valverde.

Real Madrid took on cross-town rivals Atletico Madrid in the Supercopa de España final on Sunday. The game went 90 minutes without a goal, and then in the waning minutes of extra time, the score was still notched 0-0.

Then, all hell broke loose.

Real Madrid had a chance to break the deadlock in the 115th minute, and pushed plenty of players forward to try and get a goal before the match went to penalty kicks. The risk didn’t pay off — Atletico cleared the ball successfully, then thanks to a lucky bounce, they were able to play in striker Alvaro Morata in alone on goal.

Morata had a clear breakaway, and a chance to win the game … until Real Madrid’s 21-year-old midfielder Federico Valverde brought him down with a vicious and cynical foul outside the penalty box.

It was a straight red card, one of the most obvious reds you’ll ever see in soccer outside of a punch being thrown. It was evil, cynical, and gross, and it was also completely brilliant.

After the foul, Atletico players were irate, and a massive shoving match ensued while the referee doled out yellow cards and tried to restore order.

You can see why they were so mad — Valverde exploited a loophole in soccer’s rules with the tackle.

By fouling him outside the box, it didn’t matter that it was a horrible tackle and denied an obvious and clear goalscoring opportunity — Atletico don’t get a penalty kick. A few yards farther down the field, and Morata would have earned a PK, one that Atletico most likely would have finished.

But it was outside the box. So Atletico was forced to take a direct free kick with Real Madrid getting to set up a wall. They didn’t convert. Valverde was ejected, but for Real Madrid, they didn’t care much. There were only five minutes remaining in the match.

They held off Atletico with 10 ment, then Real Madrid won the game in a penalty shootout, 4-1.

After the game, Valverde apologized to Morata.

Via the BBC: “I know it’s not good what I did, but I didn’t have any other option.”

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