On Sunday afternoon, Luis Suarez made his Atletico Madrid debut-and had quite an impact on the process.
His latest signing was called by Diego Simeone among the subs against Granada.
And the 33-year-old, who left Barcelona after six years last week, watched on as goals from Diego Costa, Angel Correa and Joao Felix gave the hosts a 3-0 lead after 65 minutes at the Wanda Metropolitano.
Simeone then sent on Suarez with 20 minutes remaining – and the veteran striker’s performance suggests Barça may have made a huge mistake letting him leave for a La Liga rival.
It took the South American just two minutes to make his first key contribution in an Atletico shirt.
Suarez cleverly flicked the ball through to Marcos Llorente, who made no mistake from just inside the box.
Watch Suarez’s assist below
https://twitter.com/MessiLiio/status/1310242287268495367?
Then, with six minutes left of normal time to play, Suarez opened his account with a brilliant back-post header to put Atletico 5-0 up.
Granada then pulled a consolation goal back through Jorge Molina, but Suarez wasn’t done yet.
The former Barcelona star netted his second goal of the afternoon in the third minute of stoppage time after seeing his initial strike come back off the post.
What a remarkable debut.
You can see why Lionel Messi is so upset that Barcelona have sold his mate.
Suarez hasn’t lost any of his magic, judging by this cameo performance.
You can watch Suarez’s highlights below.
The highlights you've been waiting for… 🍿
Debutant @LuisSuarez9 scored twice and made an assist on his @atletienglish debut! 😍
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Per Opta, Suarez is the first player to score and assist on his La Liga debut for Atleti in the 21st Century.
⚽ – First league goal for @LuisSuarez9 per team
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