Blessed return of Trippier. The English side returned to the rojiblanco team after not playing from the last January 12, when he played against Sevilla. The defender has had to serve the punishment imposed by the English Federation and had a good performance in the derby. It does not seem that he has been inactive for that long and his return is one of the great news that the match against Real Madrid leaves behind.
Trippier is basic to Simeone, who has had to go looking for substitutes for English in this time that he has not played. Tested with Marcos Llorente as right lane, put Vrsaljko, in principle his natural substitute, also Giménez, even Correa and also came to play the right back of the subsidiary Ricard … But none of them offered the performance that Trippier usually shows, who shows great regularity every time he plays .
With Trippier seated on the right wing, Simeone can be calm and breathe. English is understood perfectly with Marcos Llorente. In addition, the Madrilenian advances his position, which is where it really hurts. Joining the Trippier team has a ripple effect. Not only does he fill his position well, he makes others better. With English, Marcos Llorente thinks more about offensive work and less about defending.
There is a rather curious fact about Trippier. The last day he played, against Sevilla, Atlético left a clean sheet. Later came a streak of eight consecutive games conceding goals until the previous league match, where Oblak did not receive any goal against Villarreal. With his return, Simeone removes a problem. Now it only remains for Giménez to return so that the defense is complete and Cholo can distribute minutes among his centrals. Atlético rearms in this decisive part of the season.