Memphis Depay Was presented yesterday like player of the Athletic of Madrid, after sacking of the FC Barcelona, and this Saturday has premièred as 'colchonero' in the Cívitas Metropolitan. It went out in the second half of the crash against the Valladolid, that the Madrilenian won with a lot of solvency after some 45 initial minutes very positive.
The Dutch went in to the terrain of game to the 74 minutes to replace to Álvaro Morata, the one who had commissioned to open the marker to the 18' after a pass of Antoine Griezmann. Memphis Was very active in the time that was on the lawn and, in fact, had an important occasion of face to the rival goal.
The ex of the Barça, shortly after ingresar to the field, achieved to dribble to Masip and was near to finish to goal to put the 4-0 in the electronic, but arrived to Flat time to clear the danger. Afterwards it combined with Yannick Carrasco for the finish of the Belgian, but the guardameta took out a strong hand to avoid the goal.
It has not had long to show something, but the first minutes of Memphis in the Athletic have been very positive although it has added few days of trainings. And it is that, the Dutch attacker added to the dynamics rojiblanca the past Thursday to train with his mates, a day before oficializara his traspaso from the Barça at a rate of three million euros more one in variables.
The derbi, the next challenge
The Athletic, with the novelty of Memphis, showed his version more convincente in front of the Valladolid after several weeks in which the doubts were cernidas on the team and the 'Cholo' Simeone. They have stepped forward in the best possible moment, five days before confronting to the Real Madrid in the derbi of the quarter-finals of the Glass of Rey, in Santiago Bernabéu.