Joao convinces Cholo with his attitude
Joao Felix has started the season with enthusiasm. He looks good on the pitch, participative and unbalanced, and that's because he gives his all in training, something that Simeone values a lot.
The starting XI at Atletico Madrid comes at a high price. Simeone's players know this, and only those who put in the maximum effort in training will be rewarded. This season, Joao Felix seems to have learned that valuable lesson well.
Simeone has never denied that Joao Felix is extremely talented, but neither has he shaken his hand in sending him to the bench. Because at Atletico, meritocracy is applied like in few other teams.
When he has had to give him a warning, even publicly, he has given it. Joao has picked up the gauntlet in those cases and has worked hard, but it seems that never so much as now.
The arrival of Griezmann has added a bit more competition to the Atletico forward line, so everyone has had to work a bit harder to stand out in Cholo's eyes.
According to 'Marca', Joao Felix is seen in every training session with desire, with grit. As a result, on match days we see a Joao Felix plugged in, competitive, although at times too excited. That is to say, as we have never seen him in red and white before.