Article by Mihai Dinu – published on Wednesday, September 24, 2025 22:15 / Updated Wednesday, September 24, 2025 22:16
Hugo Rafael Varas, the coach who discovered the Argentine Julian Alvarez (25 years old), was the guest of an Argentine radio and made several interesting statements about Atletico Madrid's striker.
Radio Villa Trinidad has a show entitled Super Deportivo Radio, hosted by journalist Emiliano Nunia. The last guest was coach Hugo Rafael Varas, the first coach that the “spider”, as it is nicknamed Julian Alvarez, had.
Varas criticized Simeone
As expected, the coach was questioned by the moderator about his former student, and Varas did not censor at all. From his point of view, Diego Simeone does not use Alvarez on the post where he would give the best efficiency and because of this form the young striker has to suffer.
“I do not see him comfortable with Simeone. He has played many matches, he is not the striker who was always, because he never played in the position he would play,” was Varas's firm opinion, according to mundodeportivo.com.
The coach sees him giving the greatest satisfaction only as a peak. In addition to this, he highlighted the defensive game that Atletico proposes, a style that takes from Alvarez's qualities.
The wedding gave him justice and wanted to share his vision of the proposed subject: “I do not think he feels comfortable at Atletico. I think he has played many matches in the position he should not play. I know he told his family that he is thinking about the team, he is thinking of playing and being good. defends a lot and attacks a little. “
Varas completed it: “I saw matches in which Julian defended himself more than he should have. I couldn't believe when I saw that. I don't know if Simeone had already completed his Atletico cycle.
“I would like to play for Real Madrid”
At the end of the show, the discoverer of the “spider” said that the latter is a supporter of Barcelona, but he wants to see him in the Rival Great T -shirt: “I think, at one point, there will be a change. It was offered by Barcelona and the truth is that it did not reach the Barugrana club because it was not to be satisfied. Barcelona.
