TOthe Copa América ended and Renan lodi it disappeared from Tite’s plans. The winger who had been a starter for a good part of the tournament saw how he stopped counting for the coach after not having been lucky in the goal that gave the title to Argentina. Lodi played from the start in all the qualifying rounds on the way to the title: quarterfinals, semis and finals. After the defeat, nothingness.
They have had to go through two stoppages of national teams and five crashes, six if we count the one suspended against the Argentines, so that I gave it reentered a list of summoned of the selection. A first step to recount for the coach. We take a first step because what we have seen in this new break should not have been enough. Two encounters for the ‘canarinha’ and zero minutes for Lodi. The Brazilian left-back position seems to have a Alex Sandro as owner.
This call from the national team came to Lodi at a delicate moment with Atlético. With the defense of three center-backs in place, the left-winger position is one Carrasco which is fixed for the Cholo. The Brazilian is the fourth least used footballer in the squad with 427 minutes. Only Herrera, Cunha and Vrsaljko have less time on the pitch than him. It is true that the Brazilian practically doubles the Croatian and the Brazilian in minutes. With only three entitlements, Lodi does not finish finding his place in the Athletic one.
Without an important role like red and white, the call of Brazil it was an escape route to recover sensations. The reality is that after more than 20,000 kilometers the side has not added a minute on his legs. As a positive point, it seems that it is counting again for Tite and points far to the World Cup in Qatar.
Correa, another marathon with little prize
This is not something new for an Atletico footballer. Already in the previous break it was strap the one who had to live three games without a single minute, ending up out of the call in two of them. Now, in these new international commitments, the Argentine has played at least 35 minutes in the duel against Uruguay. Versus Brazil he had to return to his reality with Scaloni. Nothing seems easy for Correa.
