Mario Hermoso is one of the Atlético players who are training in Madrid waiting for LaLiga to return. The rojiblanco team has started to prepare for the match at Sánchez Pizjuán against Sevilla (April 4) while following the role of his eleven international players out of the corner of his eye (Llorente, Koke, Carrasco, Lemar, João Félix, Oblak, Vrsaljko, Herrera, Trippier, Savic and Kondogbia).
In this break, the South American footballers have not had international commitment, so Luis Suárez, Giménez, Torreira, Felipe, Lodi or Correa have not moved. But, if Marcos Llorente and Koke have received the award for the brilliant course they are carrying out, entering the call of Luis Enrique and in the starting eleven of the National Team to face Greece, Hermoso is perhaps the player who stands out the most among those who have not received a call from their coach (the rest are Saúl, Vitolo, Grbic and Dembélé).
It is beautiful the fifth player in the squad with the most minutes (2,467) and it has become a fixture for Simeone, adapting perfectly to the third center position shifted to the left, but lately also appearing a lot on the side when Simeone has opted to return to a defense of four. During his absence after contracting the coronavirus, Atlético suffered a lot from his absence, without their main player to kick the ball from behind and with that versatility to vary the rear at any time of the game. That is why from the first day he was available he went from confinement in his house to the starting eleven in Granada.
Luis Enrique opted for Sergio Ramos, Eric García, Iñigo Martínez and Diego Llorente as its central to international commitments. All this taking into account that Pau Torres, who had settled in the post, is injured. The Villarreal player and Iñigo are Hermoso's direct competition for his natural left leg, although Eric García and Llorente are the ones with the fewest minutes in their respective teams, participating very little in the Premier League. Hermoso knows that he has to maintain the best level he has found this season at Atlético to earn a place on the final list for the Eurocup. But the first thing is LaLiga, the rojiblanco team fights for the title and Hermoso will have to be very important in the ten days that remain to try to lift the trophy. Then what has to come will come.