When the game enters this phase of uncertainty, of twists and turns that make the scenario crazy, the one who has Correa in his ranks has more ground gained. For a long time, the Argentinian has received less recognition than merit. During his ten seasons, he was never guaranteed ownership and always responded with work, insistence and opportunism.
Nahuel Molina continues his redemption
The Argentinian confirms in Paris what we felt against Las Palmas, he has soul, something that seemed lost in his silhouette. He has an assist and a goal in the last two games. Against PSG, he was powerful in defense and vigorous in attack. With Giuliano, he generated a workflow and verticality that took Atlético off the canvas after Zaire-Emery’s chin blow. Unthinkable sensations and records for a player who, before the clash against Las Palmas, had not won any of the 16 matches he had played.
Griezmann wanted
Where are the French? Perhaps he got lost in the hole that Atlético found itself in in recent matches. Who knows, but the truth is that the reds and whites regret his “absence”. His team’s defense-attack transition is slower and less precise when Griezmann is not there. And for several matches, the Frenchman has no longer been there. Its first part in Paris translates as the epilogue of its decline. Eight defeats in 21 actions with the ball, no dangerous chances generated and a pace displayed, theirs, below what required the duel at the Parc des Princes. Atlético needs him.
Atlético’s classic mistake
Atlético’s non-wins in key matches have long been the result of coincidental error, not causal error. You will not read in these lines an individual essay on a team sport, but no one put pressure on Lenglet when he fell asleep, anxiety invaded him and it eventually led to a cataclysm. Dembélé gave way to Zaire-Emery who beat at will. When it’s not an own goal, see the match against Betis, it’s a non-existent penalty, like against Lille, or a blunder in Paris. In the end, a failure that could have been costly remained an anecdote.
