Alvaro Morata has done it. The polarising Spain forward has fired home with an emphatic finish in extra-time.
Morata, while being regarded among the most talented centre-forwards in the world, has never been one of the best performing.
The Juventus forward is the perfect example of a confidence player. When it’s running through his veins, he’s class, when he’s down in the dumps, he struggles.
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Morata has struggled throughout Euro 2020 to date, and as reported by the Guardian, has revealed he and his family have suffered abuse online as a result.
The former Real Madrid and Chelsea man has now hit back at his abusers and his doubters in emphatic fashion, scoring a beauty for Spain against Croatia.
With the scores level at 3-3 and extra-time underway, Morata brought the ball down well before wellying it with his left foot on the volley, a cracking finish.
This is what he’s capable of…
Now ???? is how you silence your critics ?
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