He had a decent tournament and you gotta feel sorry for him by the end.
Álvaro Morata | Performances
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He will always be super loved in Turin for his dedication and tenderness, so chin up and keep ready for next season, Alvaro! One of the best forwards out there, unfortunately not a born striker (he would be Ronaldo, in case).
I have lots of sympathy for him. Could see he had a lot of tension and relief in him with his equaliser celebration and let it all out
Is there a person in the world who didn't know he was going to miss the pen?
One of the annoying quirks of football is that the exact same penalty will often be described as either excellent or poor depending on whether the goalkeeper guesses correctly, something that will often have nothing to do with anything the penalty taker did.
That said, I was certain he would miss. Sometimes there's just an irresistible narrative at play and Morata being shite is one of them.
Looked motionless after that miss , almost as if he knew himself he wasn’t scoring it. Feel for him.
Felt for him. The bloke looked absolutely broken stepping up for it and after he missed.
His goal got them to pens and Almo missed too
His goal got them to pens and Almo missed too
Devastating. Hope he bounces back quick. For all his frailties he does seem to keep ploughing on even with the world seemingly on his shoulders, so he should be able to shrug it off too.
I can't think of anything dumber than putting Morata on one of the most important penalties in a massive shootout like this, apart from subbing De Gea on right before the end of extra time. Peak levels of dumbassery from Enrique and his staff.
It's a funny situation. If you can't trust your striker for penalties, that's a problem surely.
Feel for him. Seems a nice lad. Decent player when he’s in the mood too. Hope he doesn’t take too much of a lashing.
Mbappe put money on him to score and make history
I feel sorry for the guy any time I watch him play, he’s just such a bag of nerves it’s sad. The complete opposite of what a striker is supposed to be in that respect.
If he can just fix the mental side of his game he’ll be unrecognisable.
If he can just fix the mental side of his game he’ll be unrecognisable.
the crowd were laughing when we saw him stepping up. Knew he was going to miss.
just knew when he was stepping up. I said to myself he’s missing that you know. Hey I was right!
Wasn't he getting death threats at the start of the tournament? :/
He has all the tools for being a great striker. He just doesn’t put it together or isn’t able to. I also feel for him because the abuse he is already getting is sickening.
Good job he lives in Italy, they’ll love him there.
Busquets forced him to volunteer in the huddle. Clear as day through the tv which is ridiculous, why force soneone who thinks he will miss?
I knew Mbappe would miss too, after the game he had. In fact he was the sole reason for Pogba being a villain and not an absolute hero because he was the one that messed up so many chances that Pogba put on a plate for them.
It won't work. As soon as the dust settles people will return to type. Last February when Caroline Flack killed herself Piers Morgan was leading a be kind campaign, fast forward one month the Pandemic starts and he's abusing people to boost his profile.
I quite like him and I was actually screaming like a crazy person at work today when he scored. I was hoping he'd score that penalty and finally get that monkey off his back 
Should have had that monkey take the penalty instead.I quite like him and I was actually screaming like a crazy person at work today when he scored. I was hoping he'd score that penalty and finally get that monkey off his back
And that same monkey should help you make a bacon sandwich
Sad sack nails it. His body language before he hit it was excruciating. He looked like he wanted to curl up in a ball and cry himself to sleep
So all Morata achieved is getting the Italians more tired and helping England's cause. Someone must have told him that it's coming home.
Apparently in 14 penalties he failed to score in 3 occasitions. 2 of those were in this Euro.
I assumed his penalty record as a bit worst tbf but now everyone will always remember him as the striker that can't score penalties. Sad truth
I assumed his penalty record as a bit worst tbf but now everyone will always remember him as the striker that can't score penalties. Sad truth
He's certainly not one of the best forwards out there.
Luis Enrique
I don't agree with that, there's a reason players like Jorginho, Hazard and Fernandes score most of the time despite almost all their pens being "risky" penalties, they see where the keeper is going and simply roll it the other side more often than not.
Remember when we were debating him or Lukaku... I don't know if this guy really fell off or if he was never truly that good, but I can't remember seeing him play on the last couple of years and he not look awfully out of his depth and a bag of nerves.
For that style of penalty where you are deliberately waiting to see which way the keeper goes, sure.
Most penalty takers in a penalty shoot-out just pick a spot and hit the ball though. And even if their penalty is central, weak and completely saveable if the goalkeeper happened to guess correctly, it gets described as a good penalty because it went in.
Hindsight being wonderful but I sure am glad we didnt sign Morata. Also glad we got rid of Lukaku as well but there you go.
I was wrong about Morata. I used to think he had A grade potential. He came up with some clutch moments in the Champions League, which gave me a false impression of him.
It was the same tonight, scores the equaliser but squanders several opportunities to do more.
He seems like the type that takes things to heart. Missing the penalty will be another whack at his confidence. It's maybe unfair but I can't see Spain winning a thing if he's their #9.
It was the same tonight, scores the equaliser but squanders several opportunities to do more.
He seems like the type that takes things to heart. Missing the penalty will be another whack at his confidence. It's maybe unfair but I can't see Spain winning a thing if he's their #9.
that was a shit summer. It’s like being told you got to have sex with either your mum or your dad…
Done well to get the equaliser but a stinkinly shit pen.
He’s a bottler but I feel sorry for him.
He’s a bottler but I feel sorry for him.
He is incredibly talented, does a lot of stuff very well but he seems to have been born to be a famous bottler. Every team just needs to accept that he cannot be your focal point in attack, it will always end in tears.