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A week at Atlético to “improve facets”

“We are in an expectant place in the League and we like that place. We like it a lot,” he emphasized Diego Simeone at the end of 1-4 in Cádiz, the biggest win of the season for the Athletic, second in the standings, four points behind the Real Madrid and against a vital stretch that will define its future in this campaign during the month of December, also with four consecutive departures away from the stadium Wanda Metropolitano.

There he will receive next Saturday the Mallorca, within six days without competition in between. “It is a week that I understand is very important to be able to improve some aspects that the team needs to improve,” he said. Simeone, pending Jose Maria Gimenez, changed after half an hour because it was “a bit loaded”, according to the technician; Joao Felix, who was out for a third shock due to a muscle blow; and Renan Lodi, it was due to low back pain.

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Atlético de Madrid trained at Cerro del Espino for the last time, before this Sunday’s match at Nuevo Mirandilla, against Cádiz.

After that duel, the Athletic the pass to the round of 16 of the Champions League in front of Porto on ‘To Dragao‘. Needs to win by more than one goal than he does Milan on San Siro before him Liverpool, if the Italian team is capable of defeating the undisputed leader of group B of the maximum European tournament.

ATLETI, THREE DEPARTURES IN A row

And then he will face three consecutive starts in the championship: at Santiago Bernabeu to play against him Real Madrid, the leader of the classification; to the Sánchez Pizjuán to face the Sevilla and to the stadium New Los Cármenes to correct the postponed match against him Granada. One season in a month.

“I think we have not reached our ceiling and we are still far away, but we have to work, this has just begun, the League It is very long and we know that we have a high level in this team. Working like this sunday in Cádiz it’s going to be fine, “he concluded Antoine Griezmann, in statements released this Monday by the rojiblanco club.