Morata scores and clears his ghosts, but asks for a change due to inconvenience

There is no player with more pressure on his back in the Spanish national team than Álvaro Morata (Madrid, 31 years old). He is always in question despite the fact that he has become the team’s fourth all-time scorer.

He arrived at the European Championship with barely any goals since March, one with his team and the other in the last friendly before setting foot in Italy. «He has scored fifteen goals. He is the Spanish Pichichi along with Borja Mayoral. He is a solvent scorer. You have to value it. He is the fourth scorer in the history of the team. Let no one forget. For us he is a total and absolute guarantee,” the coach reaffirmed to this newspaper.

Luis de la Fuente has maintained his commitment to him. And the Atlético player has responded in the way that great forwards usually do, with a goal. The most important of all because he is the one who paved the way for La Roja to win against Croatia. The bad news came in the second half, when shortly before the 70th minute he asked for a change due to discomfort.

Morata always shows up to his appointment with the goal in the Euro Cups. He already has seven goals. Nobody in Spain has achieved so many. He is followed by Fernando Torres with five and Villa with four.

Its classification is different. He is third in goals in the history of the competition. He is only surpassed by Cristiano Ronaldo (14) and Platini (9).

At the Black Forest rally Morata made it clear that there are issues that torment him. “My children don’t understand why there are many people who are very angry towards their father,” he protested hurt.

But he went further when he sent a hurt message to Atlético de Madrid. «I imagine that what appears in the press is what they have spoken (in reference to the leaders of the red-and-white club). I haven’t spoken to anyone. If I read that Atleti wants to sign eight forwards, I imagine it is because I am not the club’s priority. And he went further: “I’m 31 years old, in October I’ll be 32, I can’t stay at Atleti and not play.”

Morata arrived with several ghosts of worries plaguing him. He cleared them all in one fell swoop with that magnificent goal on the counterattack. And in the process he has increased his legend in the Euro Cup.