After a summer in which his continuity at Atlético has been on the line, Jan Oblak is about to break another new record: if he plays against Valencia on Sunday He will celebrate his 450th game with the red and white jersey, something that until now only five players had achieved, all of them Spanish. The Slovenian goalkeeper could arrive this season at 500 official presencesa step to which they have only climbed kokewhich is already at 641, and Adelardowhich stopped at 553.
Oblak should have reached 450 in San Mames against Athletic, but a gastric problem left him out of action giving the Argentine the opportunity Mosso to debut as a red and white. He is now fit again, as he showed last Monday playing with his national team, so everything indicates that against Valencia he will be back between the sticks adding one more match as an Atlético player.
Oblak will stay just six games away from fifth place, which now holds Carlos Aguilera. Assuming that he plays everything that comes, I would equal him in the Reale Arene before the Royal Society and I would surpass him in the Metropolitano against Leganés on the weekend of October 20.
Something else will have to wait to climb to the fourth step, in the power of the winger Enrique Necklace with 470 games, but under normal conditions he should have no problems surpassing not only him, but also the third, the full-back Tomas Reñoneswhich stopped at 483. From there the challenge becomes enormously complicated because the two who remain ahead of him are Adelardo, with 553, and his partner Koke, with 641.
Oblak needs to play starting this Sunday 51 official matches to end the season with more than 500. It seems complicated, but if you don’t get injured it is feasible. They have 34 league games left, at least eight Champions League games, at least one Copa del Rey match and, finally, a minimum of three in the Club World Cup. That gives a total of 46, but you can advance rounds in up to three competitions, which would also be logical.
Players with the most games for Atlético:
- koke641
- Adelardo553
- Thomas483
- Necklace470
- Aerie 456
- Oblak449
- Saul427
- Lane425
- Belt425
- Arteche, 421
