Correa: I suffer a lot on the right wing Atletico Madrid Prefers to play down the middle

Angel Correa has admitted that he doesn't enjoy playing on the right wing as much as he does down the centre at Atletico Madrid.

The Argentine has become the go-to man for goals in recent weeks for Los Rojiblancos, who are in Saudi Arabia for the Supercopa de Espana.

"It was really hard for me [to switch from being a central striker to a right winger] and I suffered a lot," Correa told EFE.

"And at least, on a personal level, I suffer a lot because you have to run more, and you have to be very prepared to do this."

Atletico face Barcelona in the second semi-final of the Supercopa de Espana on Thursday and Correa is looking forward to it.

"You and the team always have this extra motivation in these games against these opponents," he said.

"They're very special matches that you have to be concentrated in from start to finish and make a great effort.

"We have to be focussed for the 90 minutes and wait for the right moment to be able to hurt them.

"We have to be focussed on ourselves, in hurting them and not missing when we have the chance because they won't miss."

Correa will be up against Argentina teammate Lionel Messi, so how do you stop the Barcelona captain?

"It's the question that everyone has been asking themselves since he started. There's no answer," he stated.

"As well as being an excellent player, the best in the world, he's an excellent person. He's super humble."

Correa will also be lining up against former Atletico teammate Antoine Griezmann, too.

"He's a friend," Correa revealed.

"We played lots of game together; we had great moments here and now we're against each other.

"It's something strange, but now he's a rival and we want to beat him."