With the conclusion of the Champions League, with Bayern Munich as champions, it is time to review the statistics of the competition in search of the best players in each category. There are several sections in which Atlético players are in privileged positions in the Champions League. For example, in the centers. And there is two members of the red and white squad in the top 10 of this ranking: Trippier and Lodi, the usual starting full-backs in Simeone's lineups.
Both the English and the Brazilian have closed the Champions League placed among the players with the most centers in the highest continental competition. Specific, Lodi has been the sixth player who has added the most, with 45, and Trippier has been tenth, with 40, tied with Grimaldo, from Benfica. The podium is made up of Alexander-Arnold, from Liverpool, with 77, followed by Kimmich, from Bayern Munich, with 74, and De Bruyne, from Manchester City, with 61. A noteworthy aspect is that Atlético is the only club of all the participants in this edition of the Champions that has two players in the top 10 in this statistic.
Trippier and Lodi entered the mattress discipline this season from Tottenham and Atlético Paranaense, respectively, and both have established themselves as important players for Cholo. The first one has played 2730 ’divided into 33 games among all competitions, in which has given five assists, while the second has added 3,317 'in 43 games, scoring a goal and serving three to his companions.
Atlético's way of playing favors Trippier and Lodi adding good data in the section of shipments to the area in most of the games. And is that Simeone regularly uses Koke (and often Correa) in bands and both are players more used to playing indoors and therefore, tend to go inward instead of staying fixed in your zone. That makes wingers can constantly climb their lanes and reach the baseline, being able to frequently center the area in search of a teammate's shot.