Along with Sevilla, Real Madrid is the team Alvaro Morata has conceded the most in his career with 6 goals.
This morning, Atletico Madrid welcomed Real Madrid at Wanda Metropolitano Stadium in the 1/8 round of Copa del Rey. Coach Diego Simeone’s team won with a score of 4-2, thereby successfully avenging the 3-5 defeat against the White Vultures in the semi-finals of the Spanish Super Cup a week ago.
One of the players who scored for Atletico in this match was Alvaro Morata. In the 57th minute, taking advantage of a clumsy coordination situation between goalkeeper Andriy Lunin and Real midfielder Antonio Rudiger, Morata escaped and easily cushioned the ball into the empty net, increasing the score to 2-1.
Notably, with this goal, Morata turned Real Madrid into one of his two favorite “prey”, besides Sevilla. Specifically, both Real and Sevilla were scored by Morata 6 times, more than any team in the top 5 European leagues. While the Spanish striker needed 14 matches to score 6 goals against Los Nervionenses, it took him only 11 matches to do the same against Los Blancos.
Alvaro Morata came from Atletico Madrid’s youth team and then transferred to Getafe’s and Real’s youth teams. Because he could not compete for a starting position in the first team, the 31-year-old striker was sold to Juventus in July 2014. Right in the first meeting with Real again, Morata scored 2 goals in 2 rounds of the Champions League semi-finals 14/15, helping the Old Lady eliminate the White Vultures with a total score of 4-2.
Morata’s scoring record against Real Madrid was only extended last season, when he scored in Atletico’s 1-3 defeat to Los Blancos in the quarterfinals of the Copa del Rey. This season, when the two halves of Madrid faced off in round 6 of La Liga, the former Juventus star scored a double. Finally, Morata scored the 6th goal against Real in the match this morning.
Alvaro Morata is in high form this season, having scored 17 goals in all competitions. The Spanish striker will soon meet Real again when the Madrid derby in the second leg of La Liga this season will take place in early February (February 5).