BARCELONA (Reuters) - Eden Hazard, Joao Felix and Antoine Griezmann cost a combined 346 million euros ($425.44 million) but had to settle for places on the bench as the coaches at Real Madrid, Atletico Madrid and Barcelona put game strategy before price tags at the weekend. Marco Asensio, who cost Madrid only four million euros in 2014, started instead and more than justified Zinedine Zidane’s decision by setting up one goal and scoring the other. The following day eyebrows were raised when a perfectly fit Joao Felix was left out of Atletico’s side to face Alaves away, with Angel Correa getting the nod instead. The 20-year-old forward came on in the second half and proved his value by setting up Luis Suarez’s late winner. I believed the hard work Correa puts in on the right wing would serve us well,” Atleti coach Diego Simeone explained.

Source: Egypt Today January 04, 2021 12:56 UTC