Álvaro Morata found everything he needed against Croatia. They have not been easy days for the front of the national team which has seen since the start of the concentration, things have not gone as he wanted and has been at the center of criticism , day after day. In Copenhagen he signed a real game in which he also scored a great goal that overtook Spain in extra time and dispelled all doubts.
Morata has had a bad time. The player has tried, out of doors, to make it appear that nothing was happening, that it was not necessary to give importance to his surroundings and that the only important thing was to be whole to help the team. And it is that, although sometimes he can be reproached for his lack of aim, no one can doubt his sacrifice and his dedication to help in any circumstance of the game.
Radical change
This Tuesday, before traveling to St. Petersburg, Morata woke up radiant and with a smile from ear to ear. The player is aware that the goal serves to settle the debate and that reassures him. The thousands of messages he has received in the last hours after the game are also largely to blame. Both publicly, in a post that borders on half a million ‘likes’ and 6,000 comments, and privately, there have been many people who have left a message. Among all of them a phrase is repeated: “You deserve it, uncle.”
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Morata’s match against Croatia was a display of the values that make up a team and Luis Enrique thanked him: “I don’t think there is a coach who doesn’t praise and admire him. You have to assess what it means to have him in the National Team and for him to be Spanish ”. The Asturian coach has been key in the Madrid’s recovery. From the first moment in which chants against him were heard in the Wanda Metropolitano, he has publicly supported him. His ruling against Sweden , the whistles against Poland , the penalty against Slovakia … nothing has changed the coach’s position. Morata is his forward and he will be until the end.
His teammates have also been key, who already predicted that he would end up shutting up. This selection is a pineapple. In every gesture, in every detail, in every public statement you can see the unity that exists in the group and that everyone is rowing in the same direction. Therefore, when one is touched, the rest support him. Koke has also played a vital role for Morata by being by her side and making her smile when she needed it most.
The worst moment for Álvaro has not been when he has been whistled or the networks have tried to turn him into a meme, but when his children have been used to attack him. The limit between criticism and crime was exceeded and Morata affected him so much that he was not able to contain himself and ended up confessing it feeling the support of all his colleagues. Now the omelette has turned. He is already the attacker that Spain needed and who scores decisive goals. He deserved it.
