Friends, family and Luis Enrique. Those are the people who currently like Alvaro Morata. The Spanish international is not in form currently (to put it mildly), but the coach is still picking him to the starting 11, which he hasn’t repaid (so far). And the fans are getting furious with the Juventus striker (again, to put it mildly), because he misses chances and penalties. In the first game against Sweden, Morata missed a one-on-one opportunity and the game finished in a goalless draw.🎙| #Morata: “I went 9 hours without sleep after the match against #POL. I’ve received threats, insults to my family, that I hope my children die. It bothers me that my wife has to live through it and that my children are told everything”. pic.twitter.com/wBHCQRx7V0— Juventus Area (@juventus_area) June 25, 2021 Scoring against Poland was not enough for the fans, as he missed another glorious opportunity and the Spaniards drew again, jeopardizing their qualifications for the knockout stage. And when Morata missed a penalty against Slovakia, everything went south. Spain won the game 5-0, but the fans were only talking about the former Chelsea striker. The 28-year old admitted having a sleepless night after the Poland match, mainly due to threats he received, which involved his wife and three sons.„I understand that I am criticized because I have not scored a goal, but I wish people would put themselves in the place of what it is like to receive threats, to be told that your children should die. Every time I get to the dressing room, my phone goes somewhere else. What bothers me is that they tell my wife, that they tell my children. They tell them everything. I didn’t sleep at all these past few days, because of the adrenaline“ Morata told Juanma Castano’s El Partidazo de Cope.Hits and misses: Spain’s Morata continues to frustrate in another disappointing drawThe on-loan Atletico Madrid player was heavily criticized by Spain fans even before the tournament had begun, with his own supporters chanting, ‘Morata, how bad you are’ in a 0-0 friendly draw against Portugal. And the striker says that he is not treated equal as the others.„The fans whistled at me before warming up, but I’m happy to take the penalty against Slovakia and have missed it. If I have to be aware of people, instead of doing my job, they will only harm me. That is what I wanted to say. It is exaggerated a lot. People whistle because it is what they hear, there are many people who encourage that. I give everything. They do not give me the same stick as the others. Everything I say is interpreted in one way or another. I have two options, to shut up or come here to explain“ said Morata.morata taking penalty for spain : pic.twitter.com/jnU6yLpHh2#Morata— XxX_TeNtacIoN (@fckin_Champagne) June 23, 2021 The on-loan Atletico Madrid striker is looking forward to the knockout game with Croatia on Monday, and naturally, hopes that he will do better and put the criticism behind him.„I’m fine, maybe a few years ago I would have been screwed. I’ve spent a couple of weeks isolated from everything. I’m super happy and super motivated with reaching the last-16. We talked in training how football has changed, in the last Euros we started better and we arrived in the last-16 in another way. It’s football and I’m happy, whoever doesn’t believe it, doesn’t know me“ said Morata.
