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We all know Fernando Torres’ form for the last two, maybe even three seasons, has been dipping drastically. Yes, it’s true injuries seem to have a big part in it all, especially during his Liverpool tenure, which have also hurt his position on the Spanish national team. From a Euro 2008 hero to getting thrown out of the lineup. He hasn’t scored a meaningful goal for Spain since the 2009 Confederations Cup.
Things haven’t been better with Chelsea – actually they’ve been much much worse. Last week, during their Champions League win, Torres set up both goals in their 2-0 win. I heard some voices talk about his return to form and contributions in other ways than goals. Well, a 50 million striker needs to score goals. There’s no question about it. His numbers for Chelsea? Pathetic – Two goals in 24 matches in all competitions, only one so far this season.
Yesterday, during Chelsea’s 3-1 defeat against Manchester United, Fernando Torres had an amazing chance to put Chelsea back in the game after finding himself past De Gea, alone, unguarded, in front of a wide open goal. Somehow, he managed to miss it. Torres from two years ago wouldn’t have missed it. Actually, a six year old wouldn’t have.
2 responses to “Fernando Torres and the Miss of the Year”
Give him a break. Many players missed goals like that.
He actually did a good game against United and I hope for him he’ll keep that form.
@Sando I want to give him a break, but Torres just keeps drifting away from where was supposed to be at…. He has bad luck as well, but how many times during the last year or so you find yourself saying to yourself – the old torres would have scored that? If his scoring record would be 10 goals in 24 matches for Chelsea, it wouldn’t be that big of a deal. When it’s only two goals…