Total disconnection until Sunday. That is what Simeone wants for his squad until this Sunday, date on which the Atlético players will return to training. The coaching staff has planned almost a week off in which footballers must forget about football, disconnect and be with their respective families. Later the team will return to work to charge batteries for the match on the 13th against Leipzig.
The team will not hold any rally in Los Angeles de San Rafael. Atlético will train two weeks at the Majadahonda rojiblancas facilities. The Madrid team feels comfortable there and the entire COVID-19 protocol will continue to be carried out. The option of traveling to Segovian land was considered, but finally the technicians ruled out that option.
Atlético only think about Leipzig. El Cholo has all the reports of the German team. In the team there is maximum respect for the rival of Champions, who does not have the potential of, for example, Bayern, but Simeone and his family know that things can be very complicated.
The coach has already begun to convey to his family the enthusiasm for the option that Atlético is faced with to reach a new Champions League final. But everyone knows the great responsibility that the team has. There is a lot of prestige at stake, a lot of money and reaching the final can help mitigate the economic losses that the pandemic has caused in Atlético. So the message that Cholo sent was the following: disconnect now and go back to the top to try to win the Champions League.