The World Cup is just a week away, and various teams have officially announced the names of players participating in the World Cup in the last two days.
Two days ago, former World Cup champions Spain also announced the squad, and Atletico Morata was also on the list.
But unexpectedly, at the age of 30, he came to the World Cup stage for the first time.
Moratta's career can be described as turbulent,
He has changed teams in total since 14 years and has never played for a club for more than 2 consecutive seasons, probably because of his inconsistent form.
At the end of 2014, Morata was selected for the national team for the first time.
As a rookie with insufficient national team experience at the time, then-manager Bosque did not call him to the final World Cup squad, and it was a pity that Morata missed his first World Cup opportunity.
If missing the World Cup in 14 years is due to lack of experience, the lack of chance in 18 years is a matter of luck and strength.
At that time, Morata left Real Madrid to join Chelsea in the Premier League in order to get enough appearances.
In the first few games of the season, Morata performed fairly consistently, with bright performances from time to time.
However, in the middle and late part of the season, due to injury problems and poor performances after his return, Morata was gradually put on the bench by then-manager Conte, and according to media statistics, Morata's attendance at Chelsea was not as good as when he was at Real Madrid.
And the Spanish coach Enrique at that time played mainly to ask for passing control, and big center players like Morata were not Enrique's favorite dishes,
Coupled with Morata's unsatisfactory performance at Chelsea, he naturally did not recruit him, and it is a pity that Morata lost his second chance to participate in the World Cup.
This season, Morata made 19 appearances in all competitions for Atletico, scoring a total of five goals and one assist.
Since Spain did not use a strong center in the first two World Cups, the results were not satisfactory, this World Cup Spain decided to bring a pure center forward player to enrich and optimize the team's playing style, so Morata was also naturally selected into the squad for the World Cup in Qatar.
Successfully selected, Morata also posted emotionally on his social media:
"I have been waiting all my life for the moment when I can play in the World Cup and now I have finally arrived. It has not been easy along the way, there have been joys, there have been disappointments, there have been difficult moments, and there have been some very good moments. Now all we have to do is go to Qatar and leave our country's name there! ”
Years of hard work, at this moment finally the dream came true,
Congratulations to Morata, go to the World Cup stage and shine to your heart's content!