Simeone He gave his players a few days off, but now it’s time to think fully about Athletic. After disconnecting and recharging the batteries, the coach begins to prepare the first of the five finals towards the Champions League and turns to the eleven that will start the Saturday (21:00) in San Mamés. In Tuesday’s session, Cholo tried an offensive team, with Griezmann and Luis Suárez up front.
After the short break, Atlético He recovers Giménez and Héctor Herrera and both point to eleven. The Uruguayan will occupy the vacancy left by Savic, who will not go to Bilbao due to suspension, and the return of the Mexican could leave Koke out. The captain, a regular for Simeone, would fall out of the eleven this time, just like De Paul. The coach would give the handle to Kondogbia with Herrera.
The unknown of the eleven, from what Simeone hinted at in training, is who will accompany Griezmann and Suárez at the top. In the most offensive version, I could also enter Matheus Cunha, thrown to the left wing. The other option is to be Carrascoand then Lodi would enter the left back. Reinildo and Felipe would be the other defenders and Marcos Llorente would stay with the right wing, despite the fact that Vrsaljko and Wass are available.
To the attack against the drought
Simeone still has three sessions to outline his idea, although in the first sketch it is intuited an offensive and dominating eleven. The plan is to leave behind the scoring drought, because Atleti has stayed without scoring in four of the last five games. Suárez, who continues to be the top rojiblanco director, has another chance to vindicate himself.