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"Get up and walk,"
Ángel Correa
told
Atlético. And the leader, obedient, encouraged by his formidable double when doubts returned to haunt his soul, stampeded to take Eibar (5-0) ahead. Correa scared away the intrigue of an afternoon that, until his irruption, seemed like a labyrinth for the rojiblancos. The aim that had turned his back on the Argentine suddenly appeared, when his team needed it most. Then came the pithing to the bottom of Llorente (2) and Carrasco. A precise dose of morale with which to launch the race for the title. And, although it may not seem like it, Atlético has never stopped being the leader.
The
unmistakable
voice of
Luis Suárez
slipped through the corners of the silent Wanda Metropolitano.
Correa
, the one chosen to play precisely Suárez, injured, had just pulled his tusk to catch a ball and launch one against. "Hit it, hit it!" He roared with that classic timbre of a broken voice from no one knows where. He was not with his teammates, like
Joao Félix
, but he was pushing with his lungs as if he were actually wandering on the grass. It was a premonitory scream. Like letting his spirit escape his body to take that of little Correa. The boy who, after two consecutive visits to Seville throwing his hands to his face for the occasions thrown overboard, changed the course of a nondescript afternoon that threatened something strange. It doesn't ruin, but it does intrigue.
Correa is unpredictable. It has been since he landed in Madrid, six years ago. And he alone, with two claws that Luis Suárez himself could well have signed, was in charge of rewriting the script when Atlético welcomed him to refresh his ideas in the dressing room. But Ángel, as if possessed by the spirit of Suárez, put an end to the doubts. First from set pieces, like old times, with a
Trippier
corner kick
that
Herrera
combed and he pushed unopposed.
Just in
case,
Savic
walked with the boot ready and almost took his partner ahead. The strategy, which seemed rusty, got the leader out of a bind.
And with the rush, Correa again let his imagination fly.
The final onslaught of Atlético was led by
Carrasco
and the Argentine forward, a meter from
Dmitrovic
, used a ballroom dance pass to get rid of
Arbilla
, with elegance, with mischief, as he used to do in his hometown, to give a good shot of adrenaline to a team in need of many things for this final sprint where they put their destiny at stake in the face of three threats that arrive emboldened after having left them without a mattress.
The Eibar scare
Until those two opportune and redeeming sparks from Correa, Atlético dispatched a leaden and indigestible after-dinner. It took more than half an hour to wake Dmitrovic from a nap, who did not perceive the slightest threat of danger. The bottom, with a handful of casualties and even a newcomer like
Dufur
, grabbed onto
Mendilibar's
manual
to get a little more tangled in the leader's touched spirit. And
Kevin Rodrigues
could have done it
, when the rojiblancos sailed amid uncertainty, after Pozo won his back on
Lodi
. However, there, in that play, the history of an Eibar whose wars are different is over. That of Granada, in a few days, without going any further. The gorge to Segunda lurks.
At last, Atlético awoke on Correa's back, not waiting to settle the matter with a win. With Eibar still in shock and the rojiblancos in a rush, Carrasco, galloping, as he likes best, split the gunsmith team in two. And
Marcos Llorente
, that midfielder with soul and striker numbers (he already has 11 goals), finished off the eleventh assist of the course by Correa himself, who left at game time with the feeling of having redeemed his sins. Then he would complete the little hand with a gift from Carrasco.
Herrera
was toned
, which is close to the beginning of the course,
Lodi
awakened
and
Dembélé
, the expected one, had half an hour to try to earn an extra life in Madrid.
Without
Lemar
, again down at the last minute, neither
Suárez
nor
Joao Félix
, Simeone breathed a sigh of relief.
Finally, Atlético had a calm afternoon, which is also needed from time to time.
A resounding win, the second of the season, to gain momentum.
It was a regenerative session in which the leader felt like a leader again.
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