Atlético returned to training this Wednesday with good news. On the one hand, antigen tests they have not shown any positives in the squad. It was the first screening, because the players They have also done a PCR, the results of which will be known this Thursday. For another, Giménez and Vrsaljko have taken the field and they have trained to the rhythm of their peers. That is, they point to Rayo Vallecano.
The first session after the Christmas holidays was with individual work, waiting for those PCRs. They have only missed Griezmann, Llorente and Savic, who continue with their recovery task and they haven’t even had an antigen test, but they haven’t been able to use the gym or do physical therapy because they need a negative PCR; Y Cloud, whose trip from Slovenia was delayed and has not arrived in time to participate in training.
Thus, four days into the match against Rayo Vallecano, Simeone has available two of the five players who missed the last match due to injury. If Giménez and Vrsaljko train tomorrow as a group without noticing any discomfort (The Uruguayan was dragging muscular discomfort and the Croatian was operated on for a fracture in his face), they may be from the game. And the team needs reinforcements in defense.