Arias came in at the 70th minute and got some playing time. How he looking since he recovered from his injury?
Good game from Arias. Very involved and fans applauded him for his efforts. Hopefully more game time for him
good news for Arias probably, not so good for Juanfran https://ligadeportiva.com/las-polem...que-un-companero-se-refirio-a-santiago-arias/
#LaLiga🇪🇸 - Santiago Arias🇨🇴 sería titular del #AtléticoDeMadrid frente al Barcelona ▶️ https://t.co/jOtUJbu3ml pic.twitter.com/oeFohHjhe6— Golombianos (@Golombianos) November 23, 2018 Good news not having games during the break has to have helped.
Arias had a very solid match and did what was needed both on attack and defense. He's probably the Colombian in best form right now. I think Atletico had a better game plan but you can only give so much space to Messi, so at the end the result was just.
Hope he doesn't get hurt...if he keeps this up he'll be a game changer in the Copa America. A fine form against good teams in a much better league will help so much.
Ive been out of the loop from football for a couple weeks. Has he somewhat solidified himself as a starter?
Ish; he's been appearing in more and more games as of late so I would say that he's getting to that point as he's not always playing every single game that they're in.
Juan Fran is/ injured. That coupled with Arias solid play guarantees a good run of games for a while. If I read this correctly, I'd say that now Juan Fran is the one that has to win his position back from Arias, and IIRC, he was complaining about how fans did not appreciate all his years with the club and so on. Also, there has been a string of injuries and suspensions in the back line, so Simeone might be extremely short at the back for the next few weeks.
It was a nice pass too. Maybe they are teaching him how to cross better at Atletico. Hopefully he can whip in some of those come March and the summer.
Santiago Arias es el cuarto jugador colombiano que marca gol con Atlético de Madrid en el historial de Liga de España:➔ Adolfo "tren" Valencia➔ Falcao García➔ Jackson Martínez➔ SANTIAGO ARIAS61 goles acumulan los jugadores de nuestro país con el club colchonero en Liga. pic.twitter.com/ARlLejvhfQ— ALVARO HINCAPIE C. (@HINCAPIEDATOS) January 19, 2019