Ángel Correa does not plan to give away the minutes that he has cost so much to earn. The Argentine always responds, but he does it from the training work until the tactical deployment in the position that Simeone considers that he can contribute more to the team.
Another footballer could have shown his more apathetic face after seeing how he stopped being a starter when he had started the season as the most decisive player on the team, a level that already dragged from last year. Correa scored three fundamental goals in the first two days of the League, a double in Balaídos (1-2) and the goal of the match against Elche (1-0) and he assisted Suárez in the third match against Villarreal, chaining four consecutive starts … until the arrival of Griezmann and the appearance of João Félix relegated him to the bench.
The ’10’ linked four substitutions in a row before Barcelona, Liverpool, Real Sociedad and Levante, But throwing in the towel has never happened on his head, not when he was diagnosed with a heart tumor or when the minutes up are more expensive than ever at Atlético. And based on work and take advantage of your opportunities, Correa is back on the front page. Returned to eleven against Betis forming a trident above with Griezmann and Luis Suárez and adapting perfectly to that position looking for the back of the rival pivot to do a lot of damage to the defense on the inside.
Thus he participated in Carrasco’s goal, receiving in the midfielder and opening the band so that the Belgian was in charge of getting rid of Montoya and open the scoring with a tremendous left foot. In the second half the presence of two wingers at Betis led Simeone to vary his formation to 4-4-2, placing Correa as an interior as a constant help for Trippier when stopping Tello and Alex Moreno. And when it comes to working, the Argentine is the first soldier willing to do so. He would repeat ownership at Anfield, where Griezmann was suspended, and Correa was little different in the first minutes of Atlético, unbalancing with his turns and dribbles with his body.
And back to LaLiga, Simeone recovered the trident that he had convinced against Betis and that he returned to wreak havoc in Mestalla, combining with mastery to open the score with Griezmann finding Correa inside and Suárez, who after beating Diakhaby made a great goal. Again, with the score in favor, Correa was working in the band defended by Vrsaljko and the team liked each other with good football minutes. The Argentine left replaced by Kondogbia in the 72nd minute with a 1-3 on the scoreboard that became 3-3 with a nightmare discount. Concentrated with the Argentine team, Correa knows that either from the eleven or as the first change he will be important again at Atlético. He did not give up with his substitutions and returned to have a prize as a starter. Correa is a safe bullet for Simeone.