Fernando Torres will not have a last minute reinforcement for the round of 16 of the Youth League. Javi Serrano, usual with the first team and that he has already had minutes in the League, Cup and Champions will not be in the derby against Real Madrid after becoming a fixture in Simeone’s training and lists.
The Argentine coach has injured Koke, Kondogbia and Wass, three soccer players who can exercise in the center of the field and prepares the capital match against Betis with Herrera and De Paul as the only support players in the middleso Javi Serrano will apparently be a fixture in the Benito Villamarín squad and will not take any risks in the tie with the youth teams, despite the fact that this season he had already had minutes in the Youth League, coming to score against Milan from a penalty on the penultimate day.
However, Javi Serrano had only participated with the youth in the first two days and in the match against the Rossoneri. During the visit to Liverpool he traveled with ‘the elders’ and made his debut in an entire Anfield. Since then he has had minutes in the Copa del Rey against Real Sociedad and in the League against Valencia and Osasuna, in addition to watching eight more games from the bench, leaving great sensations for character, strength and intensity as his referent Gabi. Torres will have Charles Martin, also making his debut this season under the command of Simeone (against Osasuna in the League and Real Sociedad in the Cup) and much more common in the Youth League, where he has participated in six games and has scored a goal. The striker has nine goals with Atleti B and is one of the great assets in the derby that will be played tonight (9:00 p.m.).
Atlético’s squad is made up of Iturbe, Álvaro, Sergio, Ostos, Boñar, Corral, Navarro, Ibrahima, Kostis, Lucas, Gismera, Fran, Barrios, Curras, Ginard, Valdera, Vilan, Salim, Manzano, Denia, Ricoy and Carlos Martín. Names with a great future and that are leaving great sensations with the youth team and with Atleti B, both leaders. Ibra or Iturbe are also regulars in first team training and even in Simeone’s calls. Real Madrid, for its part, reinforces the white ranks with three players from Castilla: Peter, David Gonzalez, and Aranda.