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Almost at the end of the season, Atlético de Madrid took the official team photo at the Metropolitano.
The photo caused a stir thanks to the “look” of one of its players.
The mattress club plays the following week in the second leg of the UEFA Champions League round of 16.
It is March 2022 and barely the Atlético de Madrid has taken the official photo of the 2021-2022 season, but it has not turned out as expected.
From the outset, the first question would be: why would Atlético de Madrid take so long to take the official photo of the season? The second question has to do with one of their players, the Brazilian Matheus Cunha.
Let’s go by parts. To tell the truth, there are 11 days left for the season to end and the Atletico Madrid its place in the most prestigious competition in Europe, the UEFA Champions League, is at stake.
In fact, at present, he is about to play next week against Manchester United in the second leg of the Champions League round of 16.
Thus, wherever you want to see him, the season is close to reaching its conclusion and today the rojiblanco club, led by Diego Simeone, “El Cholo”, wanted to take the official photograph of the 2021-2022, despite that some of its players, most likely, will not wear the “mattress” shirt for 2022-2023, which is just around the corner.
However, a case that is considered “routine” (taking the official photo) has caused a stir among the fans of Real Madrid’s rival club, all thanks to one of the players who arrived for this campaign.
His name is Matheus Cunha, a Brazilian who arrived as one of the greatest promises for the rojiblanco club, and his “look” in the photo caused a stir because he looks “brighter than the others.”
In the picture, he actually looks like another player, much stockier than he is with an unusual glow to his face, leading to the conclusion that he received a major Photoshop retouch.
Comparing him with the rest of his teammates, the version of the Brazilian in the official photograph of Atlético de Madrid for the 2021-2022 season looks a bit strange and gives the impression that only the face was placed on a body that is not the yours.
Matheus Cunha appears at the top and is the seventh player from left to right, just before former Real Madrid player Marcos Llorente.
On the other hand, it is said that some fans were there to see the photo at the Metropolitano and, in fact, the club shared videos of the momentwhere the upper right corner of the image in which Cunha is supposed to appear is always covered.
Official photo of Atlético de Madrid: The reason?
It’s really simple: Matheus Cunha is out of the mattress team due to a knee injury he suffered last week and his return is in sight, for now, until April.
So, this made us think that, despite the fact that the Brazilian was not present at the taking of the photo, in the end, he did appear thanks to photoshop in which he has a very unusual shine and that is what caused a stir in fans who noticed the detail.
Atlético de Madrid, continuing their fight to stay in Europe’s most prestigious club tournament, will face Manchester United the following week in the second leg of the UEFA Champions League round of 16.
This year, the team led by “El Cholo” made a strong investment in several players, which is why fans expect more from the mattress team this season.
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