Atlético continues with its set-up for the league debut. During the last two training sessions, Simeone seemed to have a clear idea of Kondogbia's option as a pivot in the center of the field, placing Koke and Lemar on the inside. Thus, De Paul was not part of the startup plans ahead of the match in Balaídos.
But, in the morning today Things have changed. Simeone has put From Paul as an interior, accompanying Lemar, and delaying Koke to the pivot position, where Kondogbia used to be. With this exchange of pieces, Simeone gains arrival to the area and can create a situation of superiority on the right wing.
The other novelty of the day is the change of positions between Carrasco and Llorente. It seems that the idea of the Argentine coach is to place Carrasco pointed, together with Correa, and move Llorente to the right lane. With this change, Simeone intends to take advantage of the Spanish international's physique to gain rhythm during the first official match of the season. Evidence that demonstrates the versatility of the squad and that allows them to carry out modifications in their schemes also during matches, where it would not be strange to see Llorente occupy positions of forward, midfielder and winger in the same match.
Herrera exercised on the sidelines and his participation in the league debut seems complicated. He would thus join the casualties of João Félix and Felipe, while Marcos Paulo returned to work with the group. With the aforementioned changes, Atlético de Madrid would go out to the Balaídos lawn to face Celta de Vigo next Sunday (17:30) with the following eleven: Oblak; Savic, Giménez, Hermoso; Llorente, De Paul, Koke, Lemar, Saúl; Carrasco and Correa.