🇪🇸 Álvaro Morata

[bigbluewillie 1,930]

5 hours ago, RoyalBlues said:

 

Thought they said Big M had no upper body strength, he did ok there fucked Godin right off

[The Skipper 20,609]

Looks like the PLs physicality’s helping Alvaro already. Way he bullied some of the strongest La Liga defending was incredible. He’s stepping up to the challenge big time, and he’ll only get better once his understanding with Hazard improves. 

Very complete performance, his hold up play was actually outstanding. If this is the sort of player we’ll get on a consistent basis... he’s already winning me over. Still giving him a season to settle in though - think he’ll actually be better next season. 

[Henrique 9,133]

In my Master League in PES 2018 he has 15 goals in 15 games. Hope he can emulate that in real life.

[Styles 9,790]

3 hours ago, The Skipper said:

Looks like the PLs physicality’s helping Alvaro already. Way he bullied some of the strongest La Liga defending was incredible. He’s stepping up to the challenge big time, and he’ll only get better once his understanding with Hazard improves. 

Very complete performance, his hold up play was actually outstanding. If this is the sort of player we’ll get on a consistent basis... he’s already winning me over. Still giving him a season to settle in though - think he’ll actually be better next season. 

His hold up and link play was sensational in my opinion. If this is what he can do on a regular basis then I'm sold.

[Beigl 1,387]

It is so refreshing to see a striker with proper link-up play and hold-up qualities playing for our team. I loved Diego, but his lack of technique and skill was also very frustrating, he destroyed countless attacks which could have been goals with his stupid running into opponents. When you have people like Hazard, Fabregas, Pedro and Willian you simply have to get a technical sound striker, who in the end we really got in Alvaro. It´s still early days, but you can see that Morata fits our system very well and our AMs profit to play with him so far, our attacks look much more fluid than in the last few years. I didn´t expect him to hit the ground running in this short period of time and score so many goals for us (and not only stat padding against weak sides), so I just hope he continues like this.

[Jase 43,479]

https://www.standard.co.uk/sport/football/alvaro-morata-has-never-been-happier-as-antonio-contes-trust-pays-off-at-chelsea-a3646376.html

“I came to Chelsea because one club and one coach believed in me. Now I have all of these things and I'm very happy. 

"Was it a big move for me to become the first-choice striker? It's the most important thing. 

“It's (moving to England) always a difficult challenge. It's the most competitive league in the world. Yes, it's physical. And it's the league with the most teams who can win the title. 

"There are strong teams, but we're very happy because we're fighting for the Premier League too.”

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He added: “My start? It's not real. In the first official match I made a mistake and I suffer for a few days. 

"The people don't see the situation, but I grew up, take out my character and now the things are okay and we hope to continue like this.”

[YorkshireBlue 3,277]

On 28/09/2017 at 9:48 AM, RoyalBlues said:

 

U can tell hes been working on strengthening himself since he's been here.

[Blusan Alamb 295]

 

[Johnnyeye 7,509]

On 28/09/2017 at 7:31 AM, Jason said:

Champions League goals for Chelsea:

Batshuayi - 2

Costa - 2

Morata - 1

its really baffling to think that Costa only has 2 goals for us in the Champions League in 3 seasons, you would have expected him to score a lot more than that, Michy in his first champions league game with us already bags 2 and is equal with Costa, ok sure, it didnt help to get knocked out by PSG twice in a row in the last 16, but its really poor by Costa´s standards. It just goes to show how underwhelming we have been at this stage and we need to do better in the future, i have a very good feeling about our current chances, but first let´s make sure we qualify from the group, then we will see.

[Blusan Alamb 295]

 

[Jase 43,479]

 

[Jase 43,479]

 

[Johnnyeye 7,509]

5 minutes ago, Jason said:

 

lets just pray there is nothing more to it

[The Chels 2,502]

Shame. We looked promising whilst he was on the pitch.

[the wes 7,212]

“It’s a muscular problem. I don’t think it’s serious. He said to me: ‘Coach I prefer to stop, otherwise I risk having a bad injury.’ I don’t know. The doctor in the next few days will check the situation but I don’t think he will be available for the national team.”

-Antonio Conte; source: Chelsea FC

[Panic 57]

Hope it's nothing serious, we're going to need very good play from our strikers to keep up with the Manchester clubs.

[Belgiannutt 3,201]

Hopefully it's just a minor injury and he'll be back soon.

[Milan 17,957]

10 hours ago, the wes said:

“It’s a muscular problem. I don’t think it’s serious. He said to me: ‘Coach I prefer to stop, otherwise I risk having a bad injury.’ I don’t know. The doctor in the next few days will check the situation but I don’t think he will be available for the national team.”

-Antonio Conte; source: Chelsea FC

Smart thinking from him there. Just wondering - this type of injury usually takes a few weeks for a recovery, correct? Something between 4-6 weeks, so hopefully, hopefully, it is not that bad. We need his presence up front, not just for his goals but also the link-up with Hazard. They started having some chemistry.

[Jase 43,479]

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-4938990/Alvaro-Morata-Chelsea-v-Crystal-Palace.html

Should be back for the Crystal Palace game.

 

[Jase 43,479]

https://weaintgotnohistory.sbnation.com/2017/10/2/16395652/alvaro-morata-injury-diagnosis-confirmed-spain-chelsea-hamstring-grade-2?utm_campaign=weaintgotnohistory.sbnation&utm_content=chorus&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter

Álvaro Morata has been officially withdrawn from the Spain squad for the two World Cup qualifiers coming up during this international break after his muscular injury was diagnosed as a “grade II myofascial injury to the hamstring muscles”. There are a few scary words in there, including the tendency for hamstring injuries to repeat.

Grade II is the middle of three grades assigned to soft tissue injuries and that automatically means multiple weeks out. Of course the fact Morata was sent back to Chelsea after joining up with the Spain was already an indicator that the injury was not minor and not something he could deal with in just a few days. Every injury is different, but grade II injuries can last up 6-8 weeks in bad case scenarios.

The term myofascial means that the injury is not a ligament or tendon injury, but rather an injury to fascia that surrounds all muscles and international organs. If any of you ever had plantar fasciitis, you will unfortunately be quite familiar with how painful and annoying fascial injuries can be. As with most soft tissue injuries, recovery from myofascial injuries is usually measured in weeks, not days, and sometimes months.