Correa, Simeone's eternal wild card at Atlético

Ángel Correa (25 years old) no get consolidated as titularísimo for Simeone. The Argentinian has completed his fifth season as a rojiblanco player (He arrived in January 2015 from San Lorenzo de Almagro, but had a health problem that prevented him from playing until the following year). This course has participated in 44 games totaling 2819 minutes, being the seventh player who has added the most in this section. As for their numbers, this course He has scored seven goals and has given eight assists (the most of the squad). However, his role within the rojiblanco team is not very defined despite having stated that is more comfortable at the tip of the attack than as a winger. Also, he had the bad luck of be lost the final phase of the Champions, in which he aspired to be a starter, because caught the coronavirus and had to confine himself.

Of the 44 parties that He has played in 30 of them he has started as a starter and in 14 as a revulsive from the bench. In the matches in which he has appeared in Simeone's starting eleven, in 17 he has played as a midfielder (usually dropped to the right wing) and in the other 13 he has formed in the pair of forwards. How much has it been midfield player, Atlético has achieved eight wins, six draws and three losses, scoring 26 goals. Of the parties in which he has formed at the tip of the attack, the mattresses They've won six, called five, and lost two, getting 18 points. In total, the numbers of the rojiblancos this season when Correa has started They are 14 wins, 11 draws and five losses, with 44 goals in favor.

Six of his goals have arrived when it has formed part of starting eleven: before him Spanish on matchday 13 at the Wanda Metropolitano; he Pomegranate in the 23, also in the colchonero fiefdom; he I raised in the 19th at home; he Villarreal in the 25 also in the Metropolitan; and outside the league championship he has scored against the Cultural Leonesa in the Copa del Rey and Barcelona in the semifinals of the Saudi Super Cup. Also, also six of his assists have been in the same circumstance: two against Athletic on matchday 10 at the Wanda Metropolitano; one to Alavés at 11 at Mendizorroza, another at Valencia at 24 at Mestalla, another at Villarreal at 25 at Wanda and against Barcelona in the semi-finals of the Super Cup. Total, Correa's actions have earned Atlético 15 points directly or indirectly and a qualification for the final of the Spanish Super Cup, held in Arabia.

When the Argentine has come off the bench, He has also alternated the positions of midfielder and forward at the time of relieving a partner according to Simeone's needs. On six occasions he has gone out to do band tasks and in those matches Atlético has ended up winning twice, drawing three and losing one, scoring six targets. In the eight games in which his role after jumping onto the pitch andIn order to be in the most offensive zone of the colchoneros, Atlético has finished taking the victory in five games, the tie in two and losing one, accumulating 11 points in favor. In total, Atlético's numbers when Correa participates from the bench are from seven wins, five draws and two losses with 17 goals scored. When it has been the replacement of a colleague, Correa has scored a goal (against Betis at Benito Villamarín on matchday 18 and has given two assists (against Osasuna in the Wanda Metropolitano on matchday 17 and Betis on matchday 18), which have meant three points for the colchoneros (victory by 1-2 at Villamarín).