TOAngel Correa is sweet. His spectacular goal against Villarreal will undoubtedly be one of the goals in the current league. His perfect hit surprised Rulli, who could only see how the Argentine’s missile from 50 meters was staying in the goal. It also represented the third goal in two LaLiga games after the decisive double against Rayo Vallecano.
Correa has reached eleven and it seems that it will be to stay. The 10 points to the eleven with Suárez … or Joao Félix. It is not for less seeing his goalscoring success and that he returns to a tournament, the Super Cup, where he was already a hero in 2020. A hero for his decisive goal against Barça in the semifinals played in Jeddah. Executioner because that duel led to the dismissal of Ernesto Valverde from the Barça team.
Although the rojiblanca feat (including a comeback to a Barça with Messi and Suárez) could not be endorsed in the final against Madrid, the reality is that the tournament earned Correa to unearth part of his fame of not being decisive in the great moments . That target was, like so many of those he signed in the last League to end up being key in the conquest of the championship.
In search of his best goalscoring figure
When January has barely started, Correa is already just one goal away from the nine goals he scored as a rojiblanco last season (and in the 17-18 season, the most successful so far). The eight who have already been, with more than half the season to play, explain the change in profile of a Correa who is more comfortable as a second striker (occasionally up to 9, as he already played last year and at some point during this) that stuck in a right band where its performance drops integers.
No one has participated in more goals at Atlético
His, already commented, eight goals are added to the five decisive passes. 13 so many have had the participation of 10, a figure that does not admit comparison in this team. Suárez, with nine goals, has two decisive passes. Griezmann, with 8 goals, contributes three assists. The Frenchman, the great absentee this Super Cup, has participated in two fewer goals (like the Uruguayan 9) than a Correa who he has ‘sent’ several times to the bench.