Simeone will not reserve anyone for this Thursday’s Copa del Rey match against Rayo Majadahona. The rojiblanco coach does not want any surprises in Atlético’s first Cup qualifying round this season and will present an eleven of guarantees, a team that could be considered a starter clearly. Atlético will play on Sunday against Villarreal, but Cholo only thinks about Rayo Majadahonda: all the exercises of the session were directed to the cup-winning match.
In this morning’s training session at the Red and White Sports City, Cholo performed tactical exercises with a possible eleven for the Copa del Rey clash and in the rehearsal, no player from the row was seen (Javi Serrano, Carlos Martín, Giuliano …) among those who formed a possible eleven. Simeone knows that revalidating the league title is complicated and the Cup can bring him some joy. That is why he is going to go full on this title.
The only important novelty in the eleven will be Lecomte. The goalkeeper will have the opportunity to play his first official match with the Madrid team. The rest will be from players from the first team. In training he worked with Vrsaljko and Lodi on the wings and with Felipe at the center. In the other position, Cholo doubled players (Giménez-Hermoso). Giménez will not be able to play against Villarreal on Sunday, so it is most likely that he will play from the beginning in the Cup.
In the middle, they were fixed Kondogbia and De Paul, in the axis of the team, and Lemar, in the left. On the right, he turned Carrasco and Marcos Llorente. And in point it did double the two positions: Cunha-Griezmann and Correa-Luis Suárez. Two of these four football bags will play. Luis Suárez will not play against Villarreal either, so he has all the ballots to do so this Thursday.
Atético has Savic injured and there are three players with coronavirus: Herrera, João Félix and Koke. We will see if any can be next Sunday. Until then, Rayo Majadahonda is the team that worries in the Madrid team.