Angel Correa scored for Atletico Madrid in their 1-0 win vs. Granada.
Correa made sure that Atletico would earn their first win in six matches scoring just six minutes into the game. It was Koke who played the former San Lorenzo man in and the Argentina international would slot the ball into the net.
Sergio Aguero was awarded the January Premier League Player of the Month award for January and has broken another record.
Aguero has won a record seven Premier League Player of the Month awards as he was awarded the best player for the month of January. It’s been a record breaking season for Sergio Aguero. This time it’s a Premier League record.
It all started in October 2013 when Manchester City’s all time leading scorer won his first Premier League Player of the Month award. Since the start of 2013, he has accumulated a total of six more.
Manchester City’s number 10 scored six goals and one assist in three matches in January which also saw him overtake Thierry Henry as the Premier League’s all time foreign goal scorer. Here are his Premier League Player of the Month awards:
SEVEN SERGIO! @aguerosergiokun has won a record seven @premierleague Player of the Month awards!
— Manchester City (@ManCity) February 7, 2020
🏆 October 2013
🏆 November 2014
🏆 January 2016
🏆 April 2016
🏆 January 2018
🏆 February 2019
🏆 January 2020
The King!
🔵 #ManCity pic.twitter.com/4e0fLUqsc2
Six goals ✅
— Premier League (@premierleague) February 7, 2020
Two record-breaking landmarks ✅
🔵 @aguerosergiokun is the @EASPORTSFIFA Player of the Month for January 🎉#PLAwards pic.twitter.com/Wjtw2WMHhA
Alexis Mac Allister along with Fausto Vera, Tomas Belmonte and Hernan de la Fuente all commented on Argentina qualifying for the 2020 Tokyo Olympic games.
Mac Allister may not have scored in the 2-1 win vs. Colombia but he is the tournament’s top scorer. He has scored 4 goals in the Olympic qualifiers and has been one of the standout players for his team. Here’s what he had to say:
“It makes me very happy to start the year like this. Now we want to win all seven matches in the tournament.”
Fausto Vera with this:
“We are very happy for what we have achieved. Now to rest and to enjoy with the family. We have set out to win the match vs. Brazil. We knew that they (Colombia) had to win and we played a little with their desperation. Luckily we were able to have a good match.
Hernan de la Fuente:
“The second half against Colombia was an uphill but thank God we were able to get the result. We will play to win, to make history with this shirt. We will look at the match vs. Brazil like we did against every team.”
Adolfo Gaich may not have scored in the 2-1 win vs. Colombia but he was one of Argentina’s best players throughout the entire tournament.
Gaich had a break through 2019 FIFA U20 World Cup and even played a match for the senior Argentina national team. With the U23 team, Gaich scored, assisted and did everything to help the team qualify for the Olympics. Here’s what he had to say following the win:
“It’s amazing what this team has achieved. We have won every match so far. The first half was complicated but we were able to keep the score at zero. And after that, we took advantage of the chances we had. We are justifiably champions.”
Argentina captain Nehuen Perez scored and helped lead his team to the 2020 Olympic games in Tokyo.
Author of the second goal, Perez was one of the stand out players of the tournament for his team. Here’s what he had to say after the win:
“We are very happy for the result, for winning the championship. We came here having worked a lot and it showed that the team is very much united. We knew it would be a very difficult match, the anxiety played against us in the first half. We came out more calm in the second half.
“The team has a lot of humility and companionship which was seen on the pitch.”
