2024-08-20 02:40:21
The expectation for Julián Álvarez’s debut at Atlético de Madrid far exceeded what ended up happening in the 2-2 draw of the Colchonero as a visitor to Villarreal. The Cordoban started on the bench and only entered at 77with the result set and without many interventions in the development of the game.
Cholo Simeone surprised -although not that much- by not putting the ex-River player from the start, since he had joined the team later due to his participation in the Olympics. However, the “Spider” was not alone: three other world champions also watched the first half seated: Rodrigo De Paul, Nahuel Molina and Angel Correa. The first to enter was the ex-San Lorenzo, at the beginning of the second half, at 53 it was the turn of the full-back and ten minutes later, the ex-Racing. For his part, Julian Simeon had no action.
As for the match, Villarreal took the lead with goals from Dutch number nine Danjuma (in the 18th minute) and Koke, against (in the 37th minute), while Atlético tied the game twice with goals from Marcos Llorente (in the 20th minute) and another debutant, the Norwegian giant Alexander Sorloth, in the first-half stoppage time.
Julián’s debut as a starter will probably be this Sunday 25th and at home, when Atlético receives Girona at 16:30 to close the second round of the Spanish League. Earlier, at 12, Real Madrid (tied 1-1 with Mallorca) will host Valladolid while on Saturday, at 2 pm, Barcelona (beat Valencia 2-1) will host Athletic.