Atlético de Madrid – Mallorca live: LaLiga Santander, today, live

One eye on Porto … and everything against Mallorca

When you chase everything, the calendar forgives nothing. A part of Atlético, inevitably, is already in Porto. Most of the senses, however, must be focused on this afternoon’s game. In Champions League, awaits a final; but right now, all league games are. Seven points away from Real Madrid, any stumbling block can be lethal.

Cholo knows it well, with his hackneyed game by game. A mantra that, neither more nor less, is made for days like today. We will see to what extent. The Argentine coach, predictably, will introduce changes in the eleven. By rotations or, simply, by merit. At the tip of the spear, Matheus Cunha is expected, who has not yet started in LaLiga, but that has made merits for it. Whenever he steps on the pitch, he brings something different. He is a free verse, a player who combines talent and power. And today, possibly, one of the great athletic threats.

Luis García Plaza, surely, will have the Brazilian more than studied. Mallorca is one of the seven teams in the competition that has conceded more than 20 goals. Any warning is small. The vermilion set, fourteenth in the standings, is four points above the decline. For them, every game is also a final. The game by game taken to the extreme. His most bitter face. Some sweetness, predictably, will bring Take Kubo, ready to return to be one of the leaders of the team.