Ángel Correa’s revenge, from disappointment to opportunity at the Qatar 2022 World Cup

There is an axiom that goes around all the time that football, sooner or later, will take its revenge. And right now the one who has to remember that sentence is Angelo Correawho in just six days went from disappointment at being left out of the latest cut in the Argentina national team squad for the 2022 World Cup in Qatar to the opportunity that opened up before the emergency call for Nicolás González’s injury.

Correa had been there since Wednesday visit his family in Rosarioas he announced when he landed in Buenos Aires from Spain at the weekend, because he is a coach Lionel Scaloni she had listed him as one of four reserves she had asked not to go on holiday at the possibility of a change.

Earlier, on Monday and Tuesday, he had trained with Thiago Almada -another of the reserved- and they also played a trite together in the town where his representative Agustín Jiménez lives. “It’s flying, it has a barbaric rhythm”She said clarion someone who could see him during those training days.

On Sunday, upon his arrival in Argentina, he confessed that he had heard “A great sadness for not being able to participate in the World Cup”because he had “the illusion of participating”.

“I had the illusion of being able to participate. It was a hard blow, but now a few days to rest with my family and friends”said the 27-year-old from Rosario at Ezeiza Airport, in statements to TyC Sports.

little angelowner of a life story with many nuances, he will meet later his dream of playing the World Cup in Qatar. “As long as I’m here, I go as a bearer”he confessed a few weeks ago.

But his bond with La Scaloneta hadn’t weakened, indeed his words – beyond the pain – had been without rancor. “I wish the best for the boys and all the coaching staff, who will undoubtedly give their lives to best represent the country”, underlined the forward. It is completed: “We will cheer to the end in every match”.

Fan favorite

His loss depended almost exclusively on the recovery of Paul Dybalawhich according to the coaching staff does well at the competition.

Correa made his debut for the national team in August 2015, having just turned 20. He had previously won a title with the Juveniles, that same year, being a figure in the South American sub-20 team that shone in Uruguay.

His tortuous childhood, full of deprivations and overcoming all kinds of difficulties, quickly made him one of the favorites of the Argentine fan, beyond the fact that it was in San Lorenzo that he made a name for himself in big football by winning, for example , the first Copa Libertadores in the club’s history, and quickly moved from there to Atlético de Madrid.

To the adversities that life has given him, he has added one from his own body: a heart condition that was detected in 2014 and which forced him to undergo surgery.

This year he had to have surgery again to fix the prosthesis that was inserted in that first surgery. She even kept silent about his condition in order to be able to participate in the Final against Italy.

“I’m happy to tell you that everything went well. Thank you all for the messages of support, they helped me stay positive. Now it’s time to rest and recover to come back stronger,” the Copa América champion wrote that day 2021 with the Argentina team.

In total, Correa played 22 games for Albiceleste and scored 3 goals. In the Scaloni cycle, despite being often mentioned, he failed to carve out a space for himself in the starting eleven, in a team with rather marked midfield starters.