Cholo Simeone loses eight players due to the FIFA Virus

Simeone has summoned his pupils on day 3 after the holidays that he granted them once the rojiblanco's participation in the final phase of the Champions League on the 13th against Leipzig in the quarterfinals ended. The plan of the mattress technician is carry out a first part of the preseason in the Sports City of Majadahonda and day 6 move to Los Angeles de San Rafael to carry out the usual stage in Segovian lands for a week. For the first days of set-up, Cholo will have several casualties due to the FIFA Virus, since up to eight players have been cited for their selections to play the first two days of the Nations League and the qualifying round for the U21 Euro Cup. Specifically, the absent will be Oblak, Grbic, Vrsaljko, Savic, Trippier, Manu Sánchez, João Félix and Carrasco.

Oblak has been summoned by Slovenia for matches against Greece (day 3 at 8:45 p.m. in Ljubliana) and Moldova (day 6 at 6:00 p.m. in the Slovenian capital)

Grbic and Vrsaljko have been summoned by Croatia for duels in front of Portugal (on the 5th at 8:45 p.m. in Porto) and France (on the 8th at 8:45 p.m. in Paris).

Savic goes with Montenegro to play against Cyprus (day 5 at 6:00 p.m. in Nicosia) and Luxembourg (day 8 at 8:45 p.m. in Luxembourg City).

Trippier travels with England to meet Iceland (day 5 at 6:00 p.m. in Reykjavik) and Denmark (day 8 at 8:45 p.m. in Copenhagen).

Manu Sánchez was called up by the Spanish Under-21 team at the last minute for the loss of Pedrosa, from Espanyol, and will play against North macedonia (day 3 at 6:45 p.m. in Skopje) the qualifying round for Euro 2021 of the category in Hungary and Slovenia.

João Félix will play for Portugal before Croatia (day 5 at 8:45 p.m. in Porto) and Sweden (day 8 at 8:45 p.m. in Solna).

Finally, Carrasco, in the absence of confirmation of his signing, will be another low pair Simeoneas it has been cited by Belgium to play against Denmark (day 5 at 8:45 p.m. in Copenhagen) and against Iceland (day 8 at 8:45 p.m. in Brussels).

So, all of them will miss the first stage of the preseason and, at the earliest, they will arrive around day 9, since many of them will play their last game on 8. Therefore, they will be incorporated directly to Los Angeles de San Rafael stage. Alone Oblak and Manu Sánchez could arrive earlier of that date, since they will finish playing on the 6th and 3rd, respectively, so, except unforeseen, the canterano would start almost at the same time as the rest of his companions and the goal could practically begin second stage in Segovian lands.

Without summoned with the Absolute

One of the facts that has attracted the most attention in these first calls for national teams is that Luis Enrique, on his first list after returning from his temporary retirement, has decided not to have any rojiblanco players for the matches of Spain. Neither Saúl, nor Koke, nor Morata, nor Llorente, who had sounded strong to be on this list, have entered the national coach's list. Sure that Simeone will be glad to have them from the beginning in the preseason.

No porters available

A inconvenient The one that Cholo will have in the first days of Atlético's set-up is that the two doormen that are part of the first template, Oblak and Grbic, will be absent for being summoned with Slovenia and Croatia, respectively. Therefore, the míster will have to make use of the quarry if you want to have goalkeepers in training.