Alberto Carballo: 'Atleti go with slingshots, the others with AK-47s'

Alberto Carballo shares the anger at Julián over his lack of fight in the match to redeem himself, and laments that his attacking partners are not up to standard either. His metaphor: rivals go to war with heavy weaponry, while Atleti have slingshots.

Alberto Carballo says it is all compatible: he understands San Cristóbal's anger with Julián Álvarez and shares it. He recalls the context, the opponent and the fact that the game was at home, and believes the stands were hurt more by the striker's lack of fight and energy to redeem himself than by his misses.

His scoring numbers, he adds, are dismal for a player on his wages who is supposed to be among the ten best in the world. And his attacking partners, the ones coming off the bench, put in the performance they did against the league leaders in their own stadium.

Carballo recalls that he has spent several summers saying the investment needed to go up front, because that is where titles are won. Rivals, he says, go with AK-47s and nuclear bombs, and Atleti with slingshots. And the feeling is that the team's only weapon does not want to play for it, as he said in the summer, and so far he has not proved otherwise.