The bad news accumulates for an Atlético de Madrid in a spin. The team returned from San Sebastián with the elimination of the Cup and, in addition, with the Correa’s physical discomfort. The Argentine returned touched and this Thursday will pass medical tests to determine if there is an injury. It would be a new setback for Simeone, who would lose one of the few players who is at a good level, although he went unnoticed by the Reale Arena.
The team has right now low to Savic (which hopes to reappear this Saturday), Griezmann, Marcos Llorente and Kondogbia. There is concern about Correa, who is not only scoring goals, but is one of the few who has still missed games this season due to physical problems, along with Oblak, Lecomte, De Paul, Hermoso and Luis Suarez. Moreover, the 10 He has participated in all the meetings of this season and the previous one. Since August 2020, due to COVID, he has not been left out due to medical leave.
Correa accumulates this season eight goals and five assists in 1,592 minutes. He is an important footballer for the rojiblanco attack, who stays with João Félix, Cunha and Suárez, in the absence of what the Argentine’s medical tests determine and the return of Griezmann, who is still training outside the group. They are also pending in Argentina, since Correa was summoned by Scaloni and it can fall out of the next international commitments of the albiceleste (on the 28th in Chile and on February 2, at home against Colombia) of qualification for the World Cup.