The Argentinean maestro took out time to praise the Colombian striker, Radamel Falcao, who has helped Atletico Madrid stay at the top of La Liga alongside http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Barcelona-c38604.
Atletico Madrid forward, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Radamel-Falcao-c30276, has been making the headlines for quite some time now.
After getting transferred from the Portuguese club, Porto, Falcao started to show his traits in the Spanish La Liga.
After getting rid of their star striker, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Diego-c11058 Forlan, not much was expected from Diego Simeone’s Atletico Madrid.
However, the Colombian striker changed the fortunes of the Spanish capital-based club and helped them win the Europa League last season.
His goals in the final ensured Atletico Madrid a European trophy as they were able to win against their Spanish counterparts, Athletic Bilbao.
That wasn’t the game which led to Falcao’s glory; in fact, the match which took place right at the start of the current season helped the Colombian star rise in the eyes of the football fans.
The Colombian player was part of the Atletico Madrid squad that took on the challenge of the European champions, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Chelsea-c38786, in the European Super Cup.
Atletico Madrid were able to win the game 4-1 and a hat-trick from the Colombian star ensured the Spanish capital-based club another trophy.
Since Atletico Madrid have improved a lot and are currently on level terms with Barcelona in the Spanish La Liga, Lionel Messi took out time to praise Radamel Falcao as a player.
While speaking about the Colombian star, the Argentinean maestro said:
“Falcao is a great player and the quality he has with the ball and the way he shoots is impressive.”
Messi also spoke about his free-kick against Real Madrid and said that he has been working on them.
“It is a question of training, staying behind to practice them [free-kicks]. You try it out and luckily I’ve scored goals from free-kicks, which I didn’t do previously.”
“I got it into my head that I needed to improve and I trained to do that.”
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Lionel-Messi-c22296 recently helped Barcelona draw the game 2-2 against Real Madrid, that means that the Catalan giants are still eight points above their arch-rivals and level in terms of points with Atletico Madrid.
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