[Sport] The day that Llorente's career changed ... and the current Atlético

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One year since the victory at Anfield, legend of cholismo

March 11, 2020 is not another day in the history of Atlético. As Spain prepared for the toughest weeks in its recent history, Simeone's hosts jumped into the green of Anfield to perform one of the greatest feats of cholismo. After the 1-0 of the Metropolitan, a total harassment of a Liverpool that defended the Champions League crown and was forcefully leading the Premier that they ended up conquering was expected.

With Oblak in superhero mode, he stopped up to nine clear occasions for Salah and company, Atleti managed to force the extension before 30 minutes that changed the recent history of the entity. That 1-0 got more complicated with Klopp's second goal. That result seemed an unapproachable slab for a team that ended up winning 2-3 to begin to believe that the transition season was destined for higher heights.

Then he stopped football and after very hard weeks of individualized work, the games returned, now without an audience, to contemplate another version of a team that he saw in danger until participating in the current Champions League but that returned showing that it was for much more than to suffer by being between the first four.

There is no better example than the current season, where Simeone's team has taken a step forward and continues to lead the table with an advantage of six and eight against Barça and Madrid. An unexpected version a year ago of a team looking for that second league with the Argentine on the bench after a match that changed the recent history of the club ... and of Marcos Llorente in particular.

And Llorente became a dagger

What happened at Anfield would not be understood without the brilliant appearance of Marcos Llorente. The new Atleti would not be understood without the figure of a midfielder who hardly had opportunities in the role for which they signed him but who has ended up becoming one of the best of the squad ... and of the entire LaLiga.
And it is that the 10 goals and the nine assists of the 14 place him next to Luis Suárez, bigger words, as the player with the most offensive impact of Simeone's. Neither João Félix nor Correa nor any of the other offensive players surpass the numbers of a Llorente who, a year ago, became one of the stars of Atlético. A team marked by Anfield, a team that is nothing like the one that jumped into the green of the mythical stadium while one of the most famous anthems in the world of football sounded.