How is Alvaro? Is he okay? Marcos Llorente was asked this question on TV after Spain ended their first Euro 2020 match with a goalless draw.
What's wrong with him
It wasn't that attacker is injured. Not at all: he just missed some good moments in that match, as a result of which he was booed by the fans of his own team. Morata is important to us. He was unlucky today, but that will change, replied Llorente, who knew Alvaro from Atlético. It is unlikely that the whistle will help him. I would like to ask the fans to help us. During all this time, the collection of trophies has been replenished. During his time in the three leading leagues in Europe, the Spaniard took 15 serious cups, and all this before his 26th birthday. It seemed to be great, but he did not look pleased at all. The only constant in his career is one or another unsuccessful match that makes him reconsider his attitude towards himself and again doubt that football is worth all these nerves.
Prospects
You can go crazy, he admitted in Chelsea. Then everyone discussed how he did not score for Juve for more than 100 days. This is an obsessive thought: you need to score, you need to score. And the more you think about it, the harder it gets. Balls fly into the goal when you play with a smile and do not think about anything. But I always overthink myself. I think too much about all those moments that I screwed up. After spending 18 months in London, Morata 1 win never found happiness, because literally everything was overshadowed by that same missed penalty in his first match. He often spoke openly about how hard it was for him, and even admitted that he was talking with a psychologist who helped him cope with pressure and emotions. Teammates in Chelsea tried to help as much as they could, although many simply could not understand what was eating the Spaniard. Alvaro understood that he was out of shape and that he did not succeed in many things, goalkeeper Rob Green recalls. It's complicated. You have to swallow your own pride to admit it. Not every player will say that he is not good enough. He never admitted why he didn't succeed, and therein lies the whole problem. We had a good team of players in the dressing room and we all supported it as best we could. But the Chelsea fans got tired pretty quickly. They didn't know that due to back problems, Morata took painkillers before every game. Nor were they aware of problems off the field, such as the death of a close friend in a car accident, or how difficult his wife's birth was. Green admits that Alvaro was hard even during training. Not only matches were difficult for him, but also training. When we practiced punches, he hit wide. Then we got really excited. It is difficult for a football player to always play with a smile, everyone has hard days, but now, when I try to remember him, only the image of a man with his head down appears in my head. The January transfer to Atlético childhood club was supposed to help him get back in shape. As usual, he started brightly, scoring a lot, but soon something went wrong again. Coach Diego Simeone was sure that Morata's connection with fellow ex-Chelsea player Costa was perfect, but gradually he stopped putting them together, especially for high-profile matches. Initially, Simeone thought they would work perfectly, says the source. Morata had a very different character, but he was stronger in the air and faster. El Cholo (nickname Simeone) thought that Alvaro would finally feel at ease with him. But he was wrong, and he did not hide it.
Simeone is not the only well-known coach who dared to trust Morata, hoping that he bites him. Mourinho, Ancelotti, Allegri, del Bosque, Zidane, Conte, Lopetegui and Sarri tried to achieve stability from the ever-surrendering Spaniard. And no one has succeeded. He needs everything to be 100% successful. As soon as something goes wrong, he gets confused and lost. Therefore, he never spends more than two years at the club, according to a knowledgeable source.