Adrian Lopez reached 100 games defending the red and white stripes of Atletico against Celta. After arriving at the Vicente Calderon from Deportivo La Coruna, the `7 'took less than two seasons to reach this figure. Simeone has confidence in the player who has featured heavily for the Argentine squad.

The Spaniard's career at Atletico is made up between 65 league games, 28 in Europe and 7 in the Copa del Rey. In total, the striker has managed 23 goals in that spell with some beautifully crafted and important goals like the one scored in the Mestalla Stadium in the second leg of the semi finals of the Europa League which ended in victory in Bucharest.

His good work for the club from the Manzanares led him to the Olympics and the Spanish national team debut prior to Euros along with his Atletico teammates Juanfran and Dominguez. This season, Adrian’s minutes have been reduced compared with last season but the effort he shows out on the pitch shows that he’s arriving at the end of the season in good form to help Atletico achieve their goals.