In the early morning of December 4th, Beijing time, the 14th round of La Liga opened a key battle, Barcelona hosted Atletico Madrid, and finally scored with Felix's wonderful pick, Barcelona won 1:0 against the opponent and took away the key three points from home, after this battle, Barcelona with 10 wins, 4 draws and 1 loss accumulated 34 points, 3 points ahead of Atletico Madrid, ranking third in the league.
Ahead of this game, the two teams are tied on 31 points, and Atletico Madrid are third in the league table on goal difference, so this game is the best chance to fight for third place in the league and open up the gap to their opponents.
One of the most talked-about factors in the game was Felix's match against his old club, and the Atletico president had heated up the topic before the game, saying that if Felix scored in the game, he hoped he would not celebrate and not kiss the Barca badge. These words are full of admonition and love, because Felix only joined Barcelona on loan, and he is still a player under the name of Atletico Madrid.
In fact, in football, the situation of playing against the old owner often happens, most players will choose not to celebrate after scoring a goal, in order to show respect for the old owner and former teammates, but there are also many players who will choose to celebrate loudly to take the opportunity to vent their dissatisfaction with the old owner.
As we all know, Felix's journey to Atletico Madrid has not been smooth, although he was expected to join Atletico Madrid, but he has never integrated into Atletico's tactical system, and has always refused to make changes, and was finally completely abandoned by Simeone, this summer, Felix has been constantly looking for a home, and openly courting potential next home, which makes Atletico fans feel betrayed, so his situation at Atletico Madrid is even more difficult.
After joining Barcelona on loan, Felix quickly showed great formidability, but quickly fell into mediocrity as usual, but he is still an important player that Xavi relies on and he is also a feared point of attack.
Felix's predicament at Atletico Madrid has many personal reasons, his too egotistic personality makes him Xi accustomed to passing the buck, he never takes the initiative to integrate into the team at Atletico Madrid, but attributes his poor performance to Simeone's inability to use himself.
At the same time, his rebellious personality also angered Atletico Madrid and fans, when he was on loan to Chelsea, he said that Chelsea is the team he dreamed of joining since he was a child, which instantly aroused the anger of Atletico Madrid, and before joining Barcelona on loan, he publicly said that he had dreamed of joining Barcelona since he was a child, but fortunately, Xavi finally freed up funds to lease him, otherwise Felix will choose a team that he has dreamed of joining since he was a child.
However, Felix's behavior was not limited to this, whenever Atletico was breached, Felix on the bench would show a sarcastic smile, so much so that when Atletico lost the goal, the photographer would focus the camera on Felix on the bench and enrich the topic of the game with his smile.
After coming to Barcelona, Felix seems to have found a place to go in his career, and this has completely aroused his hatred for Atletico Madrid, but he is still a player of Atletico Madrid, so the president of Atletico Madrid advised him before the game to regulate his behavior and not to exacerbate the conflict with Atletico Madrid.
However, the president of Atletico Madrid still overestimated Felix's emotional intelligence, Felix had a strong desire to score goals in the game, and helped Barcelona score a goal in the 28th minute, and then Felix jumped on the billboard to celebrate, completely throwing aside the words of the president of Atletico Madrid.
Felix's performance in Barcelona made Xavi very satisfied, and Barcelona was ready to buy out Felix, which may be the confidence for Felix to dare to anger his old owner again, however, Felix's contract with Atletico Madrid until 2029, the better he performs in Barcelona, the higher the transfer conditions set by Atletico Madrid for him, and with Barcelona's current financial strength, it will be more difficult to buy out Felix.
Felix's behavior is a naked provocation from top to bottom of Atletico Madrid, and it is estimated that Atletico Madrid will make a big fuss about his transfer to Barcelona and will not let him succeed easily.