After Athletic Bilbao shock Atletico Madrid with 3-0 defeat, Marcos Llorente says: “We need Julian Alvarez”
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At a glance
- Atletico Madrid lost 3-0 to Athletic Bilbao at San Mames, their first defeat of the season after four matches.
- Veteran defender Marcos Llorente said Atletico need Julian Alvarez's goals and called him a very important player.
Atletico Madrid suffered a shock 3-0 defeat to Athletic Bilbao, and veteran defender Marcos Llorente made a public appeal for the team’s leading forward, Julian Alvarez.
The loss at San Mames in Bilbao on the 5th, Korean time, marked Atletico’s first defeat of the season after four matches. The result left the club facing a heavy setback in the early part of its campaign.
We need his goals.
Llorente said the team needed Alvarez’s scoring. "We need his goals," he said, describing Alvarez as a very important player. The remarks amounted to a public SOS after Atletico were beaten by three goals.
He is a very important player.
Originally published by Chosun Ilbo in Korean. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.