Madrid (AFP)

With a brace, the Argentinian Angel Correa saved the comeback of the reigning Spanish champion, Atlético Madrid, who struggled to overcome Celta Vigo 2-1 on Sunday for the first day of the Spanish championship, after an end of the match marked by a fight and two red cards.

The small winger, winner of the Copa America with the Albiceleste alongside Lionel Messi this summer, has surfed on his good momentum to start the season of Atlético: he first concluded with a powerful strike the nice shift created by Thomas Lemar (23rd), then responded tit for tat (64th) to the 1-1 penalty converted by Iago Aspas for Celta (59th).

Like Real Madrid, who crushed Alavés 4-1 on Saturday night, Atlético also made a success of its comeback before Barça entered the competition without Messi on Sunday evening (10 p.m.) at Camp Nou against Real Sociedad ...

But the downside of the game was this fight at the end of the match, following a foul on Luis Suarez, which resulted in two red cards against Hugo Mallo (Celta) and Mario Hermoso (Atlético) .

In addition to this temporary storm, to start his season, Diego Simeone has as usual bet on stability: next to the agitated summer crossed by Real and Barça, the two Spanish mastodons, the Colchoneros have stabilized and are even judiciously reinforced.

They signed the biggest transfer of the summer to Spain, with the signing of Argentine midfielder Rodrigo de Paul, drawn from Udinese for EUR 35m.

For this first, Simeone started his new element on the bench and launched Geoffrey Kondogbia in the eleven ... with good reason.

The joy of Atletico Madrid coach Diego Simeone, after his team's victory, 2-1 against Celta Vigo, in their LaLiga match, on August 15, 2021 at the Balaidos Stadium in Vigo MIGUEL RIOPA AFP

The former French international brought power in the midfield, weighed in the recovery of the ball and cut a number of Galician offensives.

Atlético had the match under control, even offering themselves a few rare opportunities, including this attempt by Stefan Savic just before the break (39th).

But like last season, the eleven rojiblanco was scared with this dangerous tackle from Marcos Llorente in the area, which the referee ended up penalizing with a yellow card and a penalty.

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