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So Athletico Madrid have just won the Europa League against Fulham in injury time. Through this tournament there has been one player that has played out of his skin.

Diego Forlan was introduced to most people in England when he signed for Manchester United, He didn’t have a massively successful time at United, this wasn’t because he isn’t a great player though, it seems to be just one of those things.

After leaving United, he joined Villarreal, In his first season he finished joint top goal scorer of the Spanish league. He scored in a total of 54 goals for them in 3 seasons.

He then moved on to Athletico Madrid, his first season saw 16 goals, but last season he scored 32 goals in less games than the season before. This season he has only scored 8 goals.

People might be thinking this isnt massively impressive, however the goals he is scoring are crucial. This season he has dumped Liverpool out of the Europa League and scored 2 against Fulham in the final to win it. He is dangerous when the pressure is on and coming of a high of winning the Europa League i think he will be one to watch in the World Cup when he steps out for Uruguay.

Uruguay step out against France in their first game of the tournament, one of the toughest first games for any team so the preassure will be on from the first kick of the game for Forlan and the rest of the Uruguay team.

Source: Eurosport Fifa