The metamorphosis of Renan Lodi: from the fear of Simeone's screams to an unexpected extreme

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After 104 games with Atlético,

(Serrana, Brazil, 1998) already has a great night to keep in his showcase.

A cheer that he plays in his head when he breaks (which he will) into some storm.

Renan was an experiment against Manchester United and ended up becoming a surgical remedy for his team's game.

Simeone

never been scared of test tubes.

Let them tell

,

,

or the many-times lane

.

The fact is that, unexpectedly, Lodi was uncovered under the spotlight as a superb left winger.

Without defensive bridles, and in the absence of the team, perhaps, on his way to 24 years, he has found the ideal corner of him.

In fact, as he himself admitted in an interview with this newspaper, as a child he always wanted to be a striker like

.

Like Ronaldo

, he understands himself.

It was not by chance, in any case, what happened against United.

During the week's training, Renan had had enough of putting crosses on the head of his great friend

.

"Last week we were throwing crosses with Renan and it worked," celebrated the Portuguese striker, MVP of the night.

By age, by language, by feeling, his bond goes beyond the soccer field.

The game was between the two on that controversial night in Villarreal, a year ago, where Joao ordered someone to shut up who, apparently, went to his friend Renan.

The precision of his shipments and the rigor of his left foot was what caught the attention of Atlético, who got ahead of some big European clubs in 2019.

The British team, specifically the Swedish

, was ripped apart by that lane that he turned into a highway for more than an hour.

That's where he found Joao.

The crossbar would prevent the second assist from him to

.

He got tired of going up, he got tired of centering.

It was his first start of the season in the Champions League.

It was, without a doubt, his best night as a rojiblanco.

"Lodi has never lowered his head. He is a hard worker," they admit from the club.

DEFENSIVE VIRTUES

The Lodi effect lasted as long as his physique allowed.

That is, 76 minutes.

The third party that has remained on the grass in this intermittent season, where he has had to overcome another drink recently.

Atlético went to the winter market to sign the Mozambican

, who has landed directly in the starting lineup.

Something that Simeone is not used to doing.

The defensive virtues of the Brazilian have always been under suspicion for the Argentine coach, despite the fact that the Brazilian was, for example, a colossus on that magical night at Anfield, in 2020. Offensively, his goal against Osasuna a year ago, on the way to the comeback by the League, defines him.

From Wednesday, of course, also his sweet evening against United.

"At first Simeone scared me because he screamed a lot," he was honest with this newspaper, a year after his arrival.

He was then 21 years old in that summer of 2019 in which he landed at Atlético.

, Atletico sports director, had gone to see him in person in Brazil because

was running out

Renan had never left the Atlético Paranaense environment until then.

And, suddenly, he appeared in Los Angeles de San Rafael and everything turned upside down.

So much so that he even thought that this challenge in Madrid had not been a good idea.

Precisely Filipe, a legend in the club, was the one who, from a distance, lent him a hand to facilitate his acclimatization as much as possible.

Being a left back is not easy.

With the shadow of one of the best defenders in the history of the club behind him, much less.

Against United, dressed as a formidable winger, Lodi experienced another recycling exercise.

His life has forced him to a few.

His mother abandoned him shortly after he was born and his father was not a good support in those early years either.

His grandparents were key.

Today, on his way to turning 24, he is still fighting to make a career at Atlético.

Although not where he had thought.

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