Atlético continues to prepare for LaLiga's return

Atlético returned to training after the holidays that Simeone granted to his squad after the elimination in the Champions League on August 13 and today they have carried out their second work session after the one they carried out yesterday afternoon. This time, they have exercised in the morning and the dynamic has been similar to the first day. Physical work by Profe Ortega to reach the point of ideal form for the start of LaLiga, which for the mattresses will be the weekend of 26-27 of this month, on the third day against Granada in the Wanda Metropolitano.

There was no news regarding yesterday's session. The training was done individually using three fields of Cerro del Espino de Majadahonda. The only new players are the loaned ones who returned, Mollejo and Nehuén, and internationals are still absent Oblak, Grbic, Vrsaljko, Trippier, Savic, Manu Sánchez and João Félix, in addition to Arias and Costa, confined after testing positive for coronavirus. To cover the casualties, Simeone had several players from the subsidiary, such as Medrano, Ricard, Sanabria or Germán Valera.

This has been the last session of the week, since tomorrow the Cholo has granted them a day of rest. On Monday they will also work in the morning in the Cerro and later they will move to Segovia to do a weeklong concentration in Los Angeles de San Rafael before starting the preseason games, on the 15th in the Carranza Trophy against Cádiz and on the 19th they will play another friendly, in Majadahonda, against Almería.