Angel Correa was a regular in the last calls of the Argentine team, but things changed for the World Cup. After Lionel Scaloni announced his 26-man list, it was a big surprise that the forward was not in it from the start, but a few days later he emerged as substitute due to an unexpected injury.
Angel Correa, 27, was set to miss an important chance after something similar happened to him in the last World Cup, when he was 23 years old. The player born in Rosario began his career at San Lorenzo, a team in which he played for two seasons, before moving on to Diego Simeone's Atletico Madrid.
There he continued to grow not so much as a great goal scorer, but rather as a player who made things complicated to defenders and knew how to create spaces and, above all, distribute assists to teammates so that they could score. That's why it was a big surprise that he was going to miss Qatar 2022, but now he is going to play his first World Cup.
Why wasn't Angel Correa called up for Qatar 2022 from the start and now he is?
Unlike what happened with his teammate Giovani Lo Celso, who was left out due to injury, Angel Correa didn't have any physical problems. His absence in Qatar 2022 was due to a decision by coach Lionel Scaloni, who finally left him out of the squad, but now, a few days from Argentina's debut, he is flying to the hos country to meet his teammates.
After Scaloni decided to left him ut of the 26-man roster, now the coach needed him as soon as possible. Nicolas Gonzalez, Fiorentina's striker, got injured and it was not possible for him to continue. As a forward, Correa is the perfect substitute, although he is not meant to be a starter for Argentina.
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