Alvaro Morata (53 Viewers)
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He is not going back to Madrid. They don't need him and he is not going bench benzema or bale who are both young. Ronaldo is old but wont stop scoring anytime soon. Madrid are not idiots to sell one of the best wingers in the world who is also young (bale) and one of the best CFs thats about to peak(Benz).
From Morata's side, he is getting regular playing time. Improving steadily and challenging on all fronts. He has spent only a season here and is retarded to sacrifice all that again to play the chicarito role.
Don't freak out for no reason. Morata will grow here and hopefully one day will be as good as higuain.
From Morata's side, he is getting regular playing time. Improving steadily and challenging on all fronts. He has spent only a season here and is retarded to sacrifice all that again to play the chicarito role.
Don't freak out for no reason. Morata will grow here and hopefully one day will be as good as higuain.
I think. 
Do you remember how important his SECOND goal against Madrid was?
Do you remember that he did not celebrate either goal?
Ok, these two celebrations combined multiply that by his old rivalry against barca, exponent that to the importance of a goal in a CL final and you get the expected. He might spice it up a bit more too.
Still on about this. Let it go bro, he's already a better player.
Morata leads unwavering Juve to Berlin
Juventus have reached the Champions League Final thanks to Alvaro Morata’s goal and their unshakable spirit, Luca Cetta writes.
“I chose Juventus because this is one of the most important clubs in Europe,” Alvaro Morata said upon his Turin arrival last July. “I will try to help them win more titles.”
A former Real Madrid striker who celebrated winning Europe’s top prize last May in Lisbon, he found himself cast aside by the club he had represented since his teenage years. There were multiple suitors for his signature. But Morata was steadfast in his desire to join Juventus. The Bianconeri shelled out €20m in a complicated deal.
And as they celebrated reaching the Champions League Final 10 months later, it was Morata who had his fingerprints all over the Semi-final success. He opened the scoring last week in Turin. And yesterday, with Juve needing a goal to stay in the hunt, the 22-year-old delivered.
Cristiano Ronaldo had earlier converted from the spot after Giorgio Chiellini’s clumsy foul on James Rodriguez. It put the Spaniards ahead on away goals. Massimiliano Allegri’s men had to hit back. And when Andrea Pirlo’s partially cleared free-kick was hooked back into the penalty area in the 57th minute, Real’s dream of becoming the first side in the Champions League era to retain the trophy went to dust. Paul Pogba centred for Morata to beat Iker Casillas.
After Juventus won its first post-Calciopoli Scudetto in 2012, President Andrea Agnelli remarked the club had been “from paradise to hell and back to paradise.” Perhaps captain Gianluigi Buffon best epitomises the journey. From winning the 2006 World Cup in Berlin to then playing in Serie B, nine years later he will return to the German capital. Gigi said afterwards it was destiny.
It has been 12 years since Juventus reached Europe’s showpiece match. To get there they had to show a mixture of courage and spirit, with some luck thrown in. Allegri promised his side would not simply sit back. Facing a side which last failed to score at the Bernabeu three years ago, he said it was unlikely to end scoreless. The Coach made just one change from last week’s team, Pogba returning to European action to replace Stefano Sturaro in the stifling mid-May heat.
The hosts had their chances. After a bright Juventus opening, Real took command. Gareth Bale tested Buffon from distance. After Ronaldo netted they may well have got another. The Portuguese dynamo and Karim Benzema, twice, going close. Allegri’s side looked a shell of the team which produced such a vibrant display in Turin.
But that unshakable team spirit shone through. “We were never afraid,” Patrice Evra stated. “At half-time, when 1-0 down, I told the lads it’d end like this. I knew we had to suffer, but that we’d do it.” Juventus grew in stature. Claudio Marchisio drilled just wide. Then Morata took centre stage. Like the first leg he showed restraint in his celebration. “The situation was difficult for me. I didn’t celebrate, I just did my job, I am a Juve player and didn’t deserve that [booing from the Real fans].”
That forced Real to break down the blue wall one more time. It opened the door to a frantic final half hour. Barzagli’s introduction signified Allegri’s intentions. Try as Real might – and Bale was a constant danger inside the penalty area – Juventus did not yield.
It was a victory for togetherness, for a team which plays for one another. “We have a very united squad, we are all brothers here because we’ve known each other for a few years now,” Arturo Vidal remarked. “What Juventus have is a great team.” Carlo Ancelotti, who last week admitted to never being enamoured by La Vecchia Signora, is now on the brink of being sacked thanks to that lady.
Juve’s treble dream remains alive. There are four games to play before heading to the Olympiastadion. That includes next week’s Coppa Italia Final versus Lazio where they will aim to seal a first domestic double since 1995. Then preparations will turn to Barcelona.
Like this contest they’ll go in underdogs against Barca’s fearsome attack. But after the display in Madrid, it would take a brave man to write this Juventus side off.
