The Atletico Madrid manager has stated that his Colombian forward must be at his very best in order to achieve anything from their clash against Barcelona at Camp Nou.
After the sale of http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Sergio-c33030 Aguero to Manchester City, many wrote Atletico Madrid off; as they thought that the Rojiblancos might not survive the sale of their most elusive talent.
The Atleti were in search for a replacement, and it came in the form of Colombian international http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Radamel-Falcao-c30276.
After winning the treble with Portuguese giants http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/FC-Porto-c39186 in 2010, Falcao thought that it was the right time to take up a new challenge and eventually he chose Spanish outfit Atletico Madrid as his next destination.
That moment might not have satisfied the Atletico supporters, but over a time period of some months, they would have realised that it was a jewel for jewel replacement.
With Falcao come goals and that too in abundance.
The Colombian is currently 2nd in the La Liga top scorer charts, just trailing Barcelona’s http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Cristiano-Ronaldo-c9629 in stats.
Atletico’s manager Diego Simeone is looking forward to their upcoming clash with fellow title contenders Barcelona and has pointed out the Colombian ace as the man who can lead them to glory against the Catalans.
Falcao failed to live up to the hype in the Madrid derby, some weeks ago and he will be looking to make most of this big occasion and write off his critics, just as http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Diego-c11058 Simeone is hoping to.
“Against Barcelona we expect the best version of Falcao,” he told a Press conference. “But we have to help as a team.
“We need to assist, support and do our best for him.”
Simeone also stated that Barcelona coach Tito Vilanova has done a great http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Job-c18684 at Camp Nou and deserves all the praise.
“The work of Tito Vilanova at http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Barcelona-c38604 has been very, very good,” he said. “But there has been very little talk of the Coach because of the players [at his disposal].
The match is set to take place on 16th December at Barcelona’s home, Camp Nou
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