In the 18th round of La Liga, Sevilla beat Atletico Madrid 2-1 at home in a key battle on December 19, Beijing time. On the table, Sevilla climbed to 37 points after winning the game, and stayed in the second place, following the league leader Real Madrid.
However, Atletico lost this game and lost their third consecutive league match. To make matters worse, the atmosphere within the team also became tense. Shortly into the second half, Suarez, who had started on the bench, was replaced, agitated and cursing under his breath, "What's all this crap! It's always the same!" After returning to the bench, Suarez angrily threw his socks to the ground! His dissatisfaction was overflowing.
Suarez's dissatisfaction may stem from his own poor performances, but the bigger reason may be dissatisfaction with manager Simeone's use of him. In the last eight rounds of La Liga matches, Simeone has never played Suarez for the full match:
Round 11: Started on the field, replaced in the 72nd minute, did not score.
Round 12: Started on the bench, replaced in the 70th minute, did not score.
Round 13: Started on the pitch, replaced in the 85th minute, scored 1 goal.
Round 14: Substitute, 69th minute substitute, did not score.
Round 15: Started on the field, replaced in the 73rd minute, did not score a goal.
Round 16: Substitute, came on in the 74th minute and did not score.
Round 17: Substitute, 59th minute substitute, did not score.
Round 18: Started on the field, replaced in the 56th minute, did not score a goal.
As you can see from these stats, Suarez has really been having a tough time lately. In the last 8 rounds of matches, he started 5 matches, came off the bench in 3 matches, scored only 1 goal, didn't play a full match, and averaged only 53 minutes of playing time. It's hard to be happy with Suarez in this position. And was replaced off the field when the foul, more like a kind of discontent catharsis.
