Manuel Pellegrini has not been able to count this Friday with the contest of Emerson, Guardado and Juanmi in the last training session prior to the trip to Madrid to face Atlético this Saturday at the Wanda (9pm), so the three players, who have not exercised all week with their teammates, will be safe for the clash against to the mattresses.
Emerson, Guardado and Juanmi already missed last day's clash against Real Sociedad when they were injured in one of the previous training sessions. Of the three, only the Brazilian Emerson was starting at this start of the League, whose absence in Wanda will be covered by Martín Montoya, who will debut as a starter in his second stage as a Betic player, because in the other two games in which Emerson He could not play – against Getafe and Real Sociedad – neither could he because he was in quarantine because of the positives by Covid of direct contacts.
The list of casualties in the Betic team is completed by goalkeeper Dani Martín and midfielder Víctor Camarasa, both long-term casualties after undergoing surgery in early September.