“Correa leaves three Valladolid defenders, hits with the toe and puts the tying goal from outside the area that brings Atlético back to the league title”. The Argentine rounded off an outstanding end of the course on the last day of the past championship, where he finished with nine points and ten assists capitals to win the trophy.
And at this start of the season he continues to be the protagonist, with three goals and an assist that make him essential for Simeone. However, just two years and a month ago, his history as a rojiblanco was about to end. The presence of Diego Costa and Morata above, the signing of João Félix and the intention of seeing a better Lemar and a step forward from Vitolo caused that the Argentine felt that his doors to eleven had been closing. Milan was pressing to take over his services with a project destined to return to the Champions League and Correa was going to be a cornerstone in their attack.
His agent traveled between Madrid and Milan and Atlético was looking for his replacement in Rodrigo Moreno, who even traveled to the Spanish capital to undergo a medical examination if Milan raised their last offer to the figure stipulated by the rojiblanco club. But it was not like that. On August 26, 2019, the Italian team did not assume that figure that was close to 50 million and everything stayed as it was, Rojiblanco's Correa, Rodrigo in Valencia and Rafael Leão as reinforcement up in the Milanese. The rest is history.
Correa has been assuming more and more stripes at Atlético and, although Griezmann's return has taken minutes away from him, every time he enters the field of play It is shown with one more march than its attack partners. The Argentine could be a starter at San Siro for a match where Atlético sees it as essential to achieve victory after the home draw against Porto. In such a complicated group of Champions, with a double confrontation against Liverpool just around the corner, It is key to win away from home and regain feelings after some very poor matches in attack.
The '10' had shown his best version at the end of last year and at the beginning of this playing in the lead, although in recent appointments he has had to participate again on the right wing. But Correa he feels like a protagonist and does not want to lose the hole that has been so hard for him to get. He has only achieved a goal in the Champions League, in his debut against Benfica and he will try to retaliate in what could have been his home. The Milan fans will be able to see in their fiefdom the one who almost became their striker and the Argentine will seek to retaliate for the bad feelings of the team in recent games in a field that was about to be their home a very short time ago.