He Atlético returns to LaLiga after the party he drinks before the Cardassar. Simeone's team wants to forget the defeat in the derby, where the rojiblancos did not measure up. But that does not cloud the good start of the rojiblanco, a club that has lived a week of draws: Chelsea in the Champions League and Cornellà in the Cup. And it has continued to be news for two reasons: the incorporation to training of Diego Costa and the positive of Grbic, for which the coach saw his preparation plan altered.
Elche visit the Wanda Metropolitano with all the illusion in the world, although he knows that the company is complicated (follow the game live on AS.com). Only Villarreal got a draw. Granada, Betis, Cádiz, Barça and Valladolid fell at the Atlético stadium. AND the team from Elche has never won in the league in the rojiblanco fiefdom. All he got the most were three draws in 21 visits. Very little baggage. With these precedents the prognosis would be clear.
But the eAlmirón's team is serious and the franjiverde team is defending well in the First Division. The game has its crumb for Atlético. A meeting of those that we call cheating, since Elche has already warned of what it is capable of away from home: they beat Eibar and Alavés and drew against Levante and Villarreal. In his last outing he equalized against the Submarine, so Atlético would do well to go from the start in search of victory if they want to take it. Elche wants to make history and Atleti, to finish the year at the top of the table. To do this, he must beat his visitor today, Real Sociedad and Getafe.
After the rotations, red and white gunpowder
No technician said anything about the eleven. Almirón did not reveal if he will put all the meat on the grill or reserve important players for his next match, against Osasuna, a direct rival. The block is the fortress of an Elche, which He has only scored nine goals in LaLiga, his big problem this season. Although he has only conceded eleven.
Simeone will bet on João Félix, Luis Suárez, Llorente, Carrasco and company. There's a hole in the middle that could be of Kondogbia or of Saúl, very criticized and in poor shape and for whom the crash, against his home team, is special.