April 11, 2021, the Atletico Madrid I visited the Real Betis with LaLiga at stake and the match ended in a tie at one. After the third whistle Cuadra Fernandez, Angel Correa he fell to the ground crying. In the second half he had failed on two clear occasions to give the rojiblancos the victory in a vital match.
Therefore, Diego Pablo Simeon As if it were a father, he went to talk to him. She hugged him and together they entered the locker room tunnel, while the coach convinced him that if he kept playing like this the goal would come.
At the press conference, the cholos commented that “it bothers me that Correa cannot score the goal with which he participates in the team’s attacks generating danger. He’s at a stage where he can’t put it in. If it continues like this, the goal will come, because life and football is work and one day it pays. I hope he gets what he deserves, which is the goal.”
That’s why during the week, they were working on turns inside the area with definition. Angel I was going to be a starter again, a forced ownership due to the injuries of Luis Suarez and joao felix. So the best version of him had to be recovered.
The result was seen against Eibar. He closed the first half with two goals in a game that they ended up winning 5-0 and in which in the second half he assisted Llorente. Before him Huesca opened the scoring again to win 2-0. A radical change. In the final stretch of the campaign he took over the starting position along with Suarez on point. He would score against Real societyand against Valladolid on the last day…
A real goal that gave the mattresses 1-1 in Zorrilla and brought him closer to the league title. This is how Simeone recalled that goal after becoming champion and merging into another historic hug: “I’ve been telling him for a long time that he had to score a goal. He played ‘baby football’. He dribbled and that way he didn’t have time to react the goalkeeper. He ended up having an extraordinary season. He knew how to suffer and grow from humility”.
Simeone and Correa, two hugs with a difference of more than significant weeks
A brotherly hug that totally changed Correa. He is currently the top scorer in the Atletico Madrid. He has 12 goals, he is already in his best campaign since he arrived and he has distributed five assists. Some data, despite sharing the lead with Griezmann, Luis Suarez, joao felix and Cunha.
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Vindication in the Villamarín
After remaining to nil against the Celta Vigo and the Manchester UnitedCorrea wants to score again in the Benito Villamarin. A stadium that also brings back good memories. In December 2019 he vindicated himself there with a spectacular performance coming off the bench. The minute he entered the field he made it 0-1 and a few minutes later he made it 0-2 to Morata. Bartra in the discount I would put the 1-2. A claim that wants to repeat.
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