Le Normand returns to a mattress squad after his injury
MADRID, 4 Dic. (EUROPA PRESS) –
Atlético de Madrid will play this Thursday against CP Cacereño in the thirty-second final of the Copa del Rey MAPFRE, seeking to increase its streak of consecutive wins to eight and join Real Madrid, FC Barcelona, Athletic Club and RCD Mallorca in the next phase. same objective as other renowned teams such as CA Osasuna, Real Sociedad and Sevilla FC.
The Príncipe Felipe Stadium will once again receive a visit from a Spanish football great two seasons after seeing Real Madrid. From 7:00 p.m., Diego Pablo Simeone’s pupils will be the ones who set foot in Cáceres, in top form due to their seven consecutive victories in all competitions. Since their defeat against Betis on October 27, everything has been joyful and five of those wins came at home.
This has allowed Atlético to climb in LaLiga EA Sports and in the Champions League, in addition to reaching this second round of the Cup. At Príncipe Felipe he will seek his eighth positive harvest and remain firm in a tournament he has not won since 2013; Of course, last year they reached the semifinals, losing to an Athletic team that lifted the trophy.
Now, ‘Cholo’ Simeone is expected to rotate in Extremadura with players like Axel Witsel, Reinildo Mandava, Nahuel Molina, Koke Resurrección, Alexander Sorloth and Ángel Correa; and he could give rest to other regulars in recent tenures, such as his son Giuliano Simeone, Julián Álvarez, Clément Lenglet and Pablo Barrios.
In addition, the red and white coach has included in his call the Spanish-French central defender Robin Le Normand, who had been out since he suffered a head injury with a subdural hematoma on September 29; It was in the last play of a league derby against Real Madrid, played at the Riyadh Air Metropolitano.
“He started to get in shape, he is ready to start competing tomorrow,” the Atleti coach announced this Wednesday at a press conference. Although Le Normand had been training with the group for a couple of weeks, he did not want to take risks due to the severity of his injury.
The French striker Antoine Griezmann is not on the list, due to a surgical procedure to remove a tooth and which has caused him to be absent from training. Meanwhile, Cacereño is fifth in Group 5 of the Second RFEF and will try to take advantage of its five-game winning streak to beat the Colchonero team for the first time in its history.
In addition to the Prince Felipe duel, two other tournament champions are seeking a place among the 32 best in the competition this Thursday: Real Sociedad and Sevilla. The Gipuzkoa team will seek a place against Conquense at the Fuensanta Stadium, a rival from the Second RFEF that, after achieving the cup title against UD Ibiza, has gone five games without a win with four defeats.
For its part, Sevilla, which has added four of the last six points in the League, will visit Catalonia to face Olot, Córdoba’s executioner in the first cup tie of the season. The Seville team will try to add their third away victory of the season against an Olot team that occupies relegation positions in Group 3 of the Second RFEF.
The matches Ceuta vs Osasuna, Orihuela vs Getafe and Deportiva Minera vs Alavés, with the debut of Eduardo Coudet on the babazorro bench, complete the participation of First Division teams in a day in which four other LaLiga Hypermotion teams will do the same against to four First RFEF teams.
–SCHEDULES FOR THURSDAY IN THE 2ND ELIMINATORY OF THE COPA DEL REY.
AD Ceuta – Osasuna 19.00 hours.
Cacereño – Atlético de Madrid 19.00.
Orihuela – Getafe 19.00.
Andorra – Cartagena 20.00.
Barakaldo – Racing de Ferrol 20.00.
Marbella – Burgos 20.00.
Ponferradina – Castellón 20.00.
Conquense – Real Sociedad 21.00.
Deportiva Minera – Alavés 21.00.
Olot – Seville 21.00.