England legend Joe Cole has predicted Julian Alvarez will win the Ballon d’Or in the future. After the Atletico Madrid striker scored a superb equaliser. Before the Reds were beaten 2-1 at Real Madrid in the first leg of their Champions League tie. Atletico

were trailing early on in the 32nd minute when Alvarez received the ball from Javi Galan. Dribbled past Eduardo Camavinga and curled a right-footed shot into the top corner from the right.

The equaliser was not enough to avoid defeat at the Bernabeu as Los Blancos netted the deciding goal in the 55th minute. But Alvarez, 25, of the Argentine was buoyed by the pundit:

“Alvarez is a player we know very well from our days in the Premier League.” Cole began of the forward, who joined from Manchester City a year ago.

“You won’t see a better goal than that in Another Champions League winner, เว็บพนันออนไลน์ UFABET สมัครง่าย โปรโมชั่นมากมาย. it was a beautiful goal, very impressive.

“Alvarez has achieved everything for 25 but I think we will see the best of him in the next five years. “

I think Alvarez is a future Ballon d’Or winner.” Atletico

midfielder Conor Gallagher, who joined from the Premier League around the same time, joined his team-mate in praise of his strike partner:

“It was an unbelievable goal. But of course I’m not surprised. Alvarez is playing with a lot of confidence, he is a top player and is having a great season,” the former Chelsea youngster added.