Felipe and Vitolo do not travel to Bilbao and Simeone pulls the quarry

Felipe and Vitolo they will not be on Atlético's return to LaLiga. The Brazilian is not in optimal shape, according to Simeone, and the Canary has suffered physical problems that have prevented him from training with the group in recent days. The two join João Félix, sanctioned by accumulation of cards and Vrsaljko, than underwent arthroscopy in his left knee to remove all surgical material that he had been implanted in the operation he suffered on February 13 of last year as casualties for the party.

Cholo Simeone made a list of 23 players to face Athletic (Sunday, 2:00 p.m.), where he will have to make two discards before the match, since currently the calls are for 21 players with the possibility of making five changes. The Argentine coach resorted to the quarry to complete his list with Manu Sánchez, Toni Moya, Rodrigo Riquelme and Sergio Camello.

Carrasco and Marcos Llorente will be apparently two of the great novelties in the Cholo scheme. The midfielder could occupy a more advanced position than usual, playing behind Diego Costa. The Spanish-Brazilian will be the striker chosen by Simeone, while Morata will wait for his opportunity from the bench. The technician explained it: “At this moment putting Costa and Morata together is not the same as in preseason. I explain it, now I can't take advantage of the two together because I don't have a team prepared to support the two forwards. I prefer to harness the power that each one has separately until at some point they can play together. That's why I explain why Álvaro and Costa don't play, having Álvaro available. “