Newly striker striker "mattress" Nikola Kalinich decided on the game number.
On the eve of Atletico signed Kalinich from Milan for about 15 million euros.
As it became known, in the Madrid team, Nicola chose his number "9", under which previously acted legendary for the "mattress" striker Fernando Torres.
This summer, Torres moved to Japan in the club Sagan Tosu, leaving the "nine" vacant.
Last season, Kalinich played for Milan in a T-shirt under the seventh number and scored 6 goals in 31 matches.
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