Again, the relationship between Diego Simeone and Joao Felix is more than tense. Conceived as the leader of Atlético’s project, the Portuguese is once again out of favor with the coach, and since the question sparks between them is how long he will be able to last in Madrid.Judging by the reaction during the meeting against Club Brugge in the Champions League (0-0), the winger is running out of patience. At the beginning of the season, Felix was supposed to be the leader of the team, he healed the injury that separated him from the field at the end of the previous season, in the first round of the Primera he authorized a hat-trick against Getafe, and then it seemed that he would continue on the path he set during the spring, because before the most recent drop out from the squad, he was perhaps the best football player of the Rojiblancos.❗️ João Félix’s brother likes a post saying: “Simeone is k*lling our João Félix’s football, he doesn’t deserve any of this, come back to where you used to be happy!” pic.twitter.com/bgGuZo74rT— Atletico Universe (@atletiuniverse) October 13, 2022 The first idea was that the attack of the Colchoneros should be led by Joao Felix and Antoine Griezmann, when they realized at the Wanda Metropolitano stadium that the French representative had a crazy clause in his contract with Barcelona (before he was bought out), they reoriented themselves to the Felix-Morata tandem, and in recently, while after returning from the break due to national team commitments in the Nations League, Angel Correa is getting more and more opportunities. The consequence is the move of the former Benfica footballer to the bench, from where he started against Sevilla (three minutes), Girona (16), Club Brugge (ten), and during the second clash with the Belgians he warmed up until he realized that Simeone would not send him on the field.Alvaro Morata, Yannick Ferreira Carrasco, Rodrigo de Paul, Mateus Cunha, even Axel Witsel got the advantage ten minutes before the end. When he realized that he was not even the fifth substitution and that a defensive midfielder entered with the score 0-0, the striker Joao Felix was visibly angry, he threw a marker, which was quickly picked up from the grass by Cholo’s associate Nelson Vivas, presumably to hide the incident, but he was too late.The Madrid public is buzzing about Felix’s dissatisfaction, the bad relationship with Diego Simeone and reminds that Joao was the only one who did not applaud the crowd at the end of the match that reduced Atlético’s chances of reaching the knockout phase of the Champions League.##NAJAVA_MECA_6716042##It is difficult to judge who is right, but even before the coach sent him to the bench, the 22-year-old striker did not exude confidence. He didn’t score a single goal in the first eight games he started!? In a team that has high ambitions. And which can’t wait for anyone, which is why aces like Griezmann and Morata himself underwent similar treatments not so long ago. Cunha and Correa surpassed him in terms of status, they seem to have more confidence.”He hasn’t changed at all. His teammates who compete with him for a position in the team are currently better and as a coach I have to understand that,” Cholo said.Again, there are proponents of the thesis that Cholo does not properly use the characteristics of the most expensive reinforcement in the club’s history, that the football the Argentine cultivates, with a lot of running, defensive tasks, and fighting, does not suit the light-footed Felix, who needs space to prove himself. That’s why only 29 goals in 122 games for Atleti is not such a commendable performance for 126,000,000 euros paid reinforcement.
