Atlético closes 2021 with a very bitter aftertaste and, at the same time, exhausted because it has been an especially intense year. And there are two especially overloaded footballers. Oblak and Correa are the players who have played the most Primera matches Between January 1 and this Christmas break: 42. They have not lost a single one and nobody equals them. In the case of the Slovenian, moreover, with absolute full of minutes.
The rojiblanco team has been in this league for 18 days and, of the previous one, played 24. Last season started late, because the previous one had ended in July due to the coronavirus crisis, and Atleti started even later because they had played the Champions League in August, so they dragged two games pending until after Christmas. Hence this high figure of 42 matches for the rojiblancos.
Oblak does not go through his best moments in the team, but he is absolutely indisputable. He only rests in the Cup, but in the League and Champions he does not take a break. Correa’s case is similar. The Argentine can be a starter or not, but he is always there. Injuries respect him and Simeone counts on him for all battles. In his case, even for the Cup. Only the two of them made it full. Courtois (Real Madrid), Morales (Levante) and Iñaki Williams (Athletic) played one game less.
Correa only completed 5 matches out of 42
Of course, while Oblak completed the 42 games because he is never substituted, Correa’s path is different. The goalkeeper accumulates 3,780 minutes and the forward has remained in 2,594. Of those 42 games, the Argentine was a starter in 32 and, of these, he was substituted in 27. That is, you have only completed five.
As for the rest of the numbers, The Slovenian goalkeeper has conceded 42 league goals in 2021. Doing the math, it comes out to a goal per game. In 13 games he left a clean sheet. On Correa’s side, the attacker was decisive in the final stretch of the last League and the current one started very well. In his sheet of merits, 12 goals and 7 assists.