As: Alvarez hasn t scored for more than a month, and his presence in the penalty area is also very low

Recently, "As" talked about the difficulties Alvarez is currently facing at Atletico Madrid. They said that not only the players performed poorly in their personal performance, but the team as a whole also failed to give him enough support.

Alvarez's season start was not smooth, and in fact, the entire Atletico Madrid forward line was in trouble. But Alvarez's situation is particularly worrying, because not only does he perform poorly personally, but the team as a whole has not been able to give him enough support.

In the game against Mallorca, everything was not going well: he came on the court with a knee injury, missed a penalty kick, and looked unhappy when he was replaced in the 62nd minute. "Always me," he whispered from the bench. Atletico Madrid needs him to give his all, and it also has to help him get back to his best shape.

This substitution made him feel painful, not only the penalty kick, but then a turn-around shot was saved by the opponent's goalkeeper. In fact, this game was the closest he had ever scored, with an expected goal of 1.09, mainly because of that penalty opportunity.

And in the previous four games, Alvarez only scored a free kick against Espanyol. Since then, he hasn't scored a goal for more than a month and his presence in the penalty area is also low. He assisted Barrios once against Villarreal, but it was in this assist that his knee injury caused him to miss Liverpool and barely catch up with the match against Mallorca.

Even so, Alvarez still showed his superb skills and could feel his strength every time he touched the ball, but he has not become the decisive person. He also started in 2024 with only one goal in the first five games, but then gradually recovered his form. Next, he will face the challenges of Vallecano and Real Madrid, and no one doubts his ability.

What made Simeone and his team even more anxious was that other forwards performed poorly. The situation in Sollot, in particular, is particularly worrying. Not just because of the red card he received (most referee experts think it was a misjudgment), but his overall performance in the game.

He has only scored one goal so far, and he missed an excellent opportunity against Elche. He has since performed poorly in key games. In Mallorca's game, Simeone even asked his teammates not to pass the ball to him unless it was a long pass, and the once fatal killer has now become unthreatening.