José Luis Palomino in the 2020-2021 season was among the most used Nerazzurri players and in the end, he also got one of the greatest satisfactions, that is the call-up to the Argentina national team that he had been chasing for a long time and that he deserved. He achieved it through yet another very solid season: 46 games played in all competitions (36 in Serie A TIM, 6 in the UEFA Champions League, 4 in the Coppa Italia), 1 goal scored and 2 assists provided.

In the league, he is only behind Zapata in the number of games played and he is third overall in the squad. The only goal he scored was in the league on matchday 25 and it was an important one, as it restored the Atalanta lead in the match that the Nerazzurri won 5-1 over Crotone. A fun fact: in the whole league, he only shot twice and one of these produced a goal. The two assists, on the other hand, arrived during the same match, the 5-2 home win against Cagliari.

Then the official statistics from Lega Serie A about the league: 2.587 minutes played, 9,457 km run on average per game, 225 recoveries (fourth in the team ranking), 18 fouls suffered, 2 shots, 2 goalscoring chances created.

Finally, here are the important personal goals he achieved. First of all with the Club, as he made his 100th Serie A appearance in the 3-0 win over Parma. Then, his first call-up to Argentina, which arrived at the end of the season.

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