Mario Hermoso is one of the fashionable names in the
Atlético de Madrid
. The Madrid center-back lives a sweet moment in the mattress box. Who would have thought it just a few months ago. Not himself. The mattress player was one of those players who sounded loud to go out in the summer.
He himself looked a little out because he was not counting on the minutes he expected. I was hoping to be in the next Eurocup but for that I needed to play regularly
His first season at Atlético had not been the one expected by the center-back in terms of participation. He did not understand 100% why if he fulfilled when he went out and played good games, he did not end up having a more important role.
At the start of the 18/19 season, with the injuries of Gimenez and Savic, he settled in the starting eleven with Felipe Augusto Monteiro. And he went from less to more with good performances like the one he registered against FC Barcelona, among other.
However, upon the return of the two 'veterans', the Madrid native lost importance until he made more and more gradual appearances. He had become the fourth center and as a left back he had not managed to convince the Cholo.
Hence it rang loudly to leave in summer, bound for a Real
Society that he did not put on the table what would have been necessary, in addition to Simeone I didn't want to open the exit door for him.
And after a few months it was seen why. With the new system of the mattress team, with that defense of three centrals, Beautiful He became a key piece for the Argentine coach. It is because of his ball output and because of his defensive ability. But it is also that he has begun to score important goals. First before him Salzburg and then before the Real society
.
It has won the place to Renan Lodi. He has 16 games, 14 of them as a starter, for 1,285 minutes. He is the seventh most used player by the Colchoenro coach.
A change that Simeone valued. “Since we have Mario and we think of it as a search for something that is happening now. We may take longer than expected, but the search is fair and consistent. We had already tried in a game and we always thought of that alternative (as a third center-back with a left-handed profile in defense with a lane on the left wing). He is doing it in a very good way. He is an important player for the ball exit, to contain the support of the team and frees much more people who can play on the wing, be it Lodi, Carrasco, Vitolo, Saúl… ”, explained the Argentine coach a few weeks ago.