• Chronicle Correa breaks the silence of the Metropolitan

An hour and a half before the Metropolitan woke up from his long nap, a father explained to his son what those silver plates that were nailed to the sidewalk were. It fell 36 degrees (according to the mobile thermometer) on their caps, but the father, dedicated to the cause, probably in the first adventure that his little one through the rojiblanco enclosure, explained everything as best he could. Including why

Vitolo

(101 games), a guy who is no longer in the squad, but still belongs to the team, although he now plays for Getafe, is the protagonist of the last notch in the Paseo de las Leyendas. That avenue that honors the players with more than 100 games with the Atlético jersey. "There it says

Lemar"

said the kid, just started in the art of reading.

"That one is there, Dad," the boy insisted, before entering the entrance to the enclosure for the first time.

Avenida Luis Aragonés, which has survived with just enough since that last performance, in front of

Seville

, on March 7, 2020, was stretching again.

He already did it in those last two games of last year, where the fans crowded into the parking lot to transmit their vibrations.

24,926 people recovered their voice and transmitted their encouragement to Atlético, 534 days after that distant last time.

The Covid is still there, but at least the heart of the rojiblanco stadium beat again.

It is true that he had already done it more than two months ago, with that friendly between Spain and Portugal (June 4).

In fact, the stickers of that game still rested on the press box, with which the staff were located.

There were a good handful of new generation fans, who watched the stadium as if they had entered a spaceship.

But there were also many who will never return.

For them, those

379 red and white carnations

, one for each deceased in the pandemic, that Simeone and

Koke

placed in front of the shield.

For them, too, the anthem of the violinist

Pablo Navarro

.

Correa's plenary session

The ovation of the night, with the permission of the striker Correa, was taken by

Luis Suárez

, whose name was chanted before starting and when he entered the pitch, with Simeone flapping as before to claim that vital breath of the fans with which the game was closed. duel. "We need them. They are one more player for us. The cup was a great illusion for all those who had a very ugly time," admitted the Argentine coach at the end of the match.

Because Koke once again showed his people the League trophy, while Elche participated before the start with an emotional corridor to the champion.

"It was very exciting after so many months to feel our people close again," said

Ángel Correa

, who started the first cry of joy at his stadium.

His three goals in two games are the wind that moves this Atlético, which once again relies on the energy of its fans.

Luis Suárez against Elche.AFP

In addition to the shouts that did populate the Wanda, the coach left latent his interest in having a new striker step on the turf of the rojiblanco fiefdom. "When we prepare a squad, we try to do it in consequence of having two players per place. We need a footballer, we will look for what can come and if we do not find a solution, as we have always done since I have been here."

The spearhead that the Argentine does enjoy at the moment is

Luis Suárez

, who had minutes in the game but still has a long way to go to regain the weight of last season: "We need everything Luis has, because he is very important for the definition of our offensive team, because it is a very important piece. Today it already had more rhythm than the previous game and it will progress as a result of the training sessions and the minutes. "

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