Last session of the week of Atlético de Madrid in the Sports City of Majadahonda. And as in the previous days, with the family. But even more, because Nelson Vivas, who was the one who directed the work due to the absence of Simeone, He only had five players at his disposal in this training. And of the five, only three were on the grass.
And is that Manu Sanchez He headed to Marbella on Thursday to join the concentration of the Spanish Under-21 team, so he only Correa, Lemar and Saponjic they worked under Cholo, on a morning in which homegrown players reinforced the first team. Saul Y Beautiful they had alternative work.
As for the injured, the four continued to work on the sidelines. Diego Costa, Carrasco, Vitolo and Vrsaljko they weren't on the grass. The Spanish-Brazilian is the one with the most options to recover in time to host Barcelona next Saturday at the Metropolitano, and the Belgian also wants to be available.
The team, or what remains of it, will have a break over the weekend for Monday afternoon to return to work to begin preparing for the match against the Barça team. It will be from then on when Simeone begin to recover international troops, although until Thursday, at least, it is not expected that they will all be back.