On January 12, Alexander Sørloth remained on the bench against Osasuna as Atletico Madrid pulled off another La Liga win, the 8th in a row. For Diego Simeone, the Norwegian international has nevertheless become one of Atletico’s most important attacking weapons, at the same time Simeone’s expectations for Sørloth show that this is probably just the beginning.
Seven goals in the last nine La Liga games. More game-deciding goals. Alexander Sørloth has after a run-in period shown Diego Simeone he has got the same player who became La Liga’s second highest scoring player last season for Villareal.
This week, Simeone, one of the world’s best coaches, was asked if he is happy with Sørloth in the Atletico shirt.
“Every time Sørloth has come in from the bench he has been phenomenal, and when he has started he has also helped us,” the Atletico coach boasted according to Reuters.
Then Simeone shows that Sørloth’s potential is still greater.
“He lives up to our expectations, but we hope to see even more from him,” said the Atletico boss.
This is just the beginning.
