The layer of snow that covered the fields of the Sports City of Majadahonda forced the Atlético de Madrid to train this Friday in the gym, without jumping onto the pitch, according to the club, on the eve of the LaLiga Santander match against him Athletic club at the Wanda Metropolitano stadium.
Diego Simeone is pending Jose Maria Gimenez, with an ankle injury suffered on Wednesday in the first minutes of the Copa del Rey clash against Cornellá; and of Joao Felix, that also drags discomfort in that joint, for the duel this Saturday, in which he defends the leadership of the championship.
The technician, at the same time, will foreseeably maintain the loss of the Mexican Hector Herrera, who has missed the last six official matches due to a muscle injury suffered in the derby against Real Madrid.
On the contrary, it recovers Kieran trippier, after the precautionary measures adopted by FIFA, which has suspended the worldwide application of the sanction on him by the English Federation while its Appeal Committee studies the appeal of the Madrid club.