The best Atlético Madrid teams of the past 20 years all had a great No. 9. Think of Luis Suárez, scoring 21 league goals to fire Atlético to the title in 2021, fueled by a burning desire to prove Barcelona wrong for letting him go. Think of prime Diego Costa, a centre-forward battering ram who scored 27 times in coach Diego Simeone's first title-winning side in 2014.
Before that was Radamel Falcao, the finisher's finisher who notched 34 goals in all competitions as Atlético won the 2013 Copa del Rey.