In the middle of a marathon of matches, Atlético is in trouble beyond the results. Injuries are hitting midfield and Simeone has many doubts in the face of the games that are ahead. Against Porto Lemar and Koke fell, two very starters, and the duel against Athletic came out with Kondogbia discomfort. With so much uncertainty, this week the spotlight also points to Héctor Herrera.
The Mexican has only had minutes in the last two games, because he started the season injured. Entering from the bench he had 16 minutes against his former team, Porto, and 36 with Athletic. Against Getafe and Alavés he will have more, and even points to eleven. Actually he, Cunha (three games) and Vrsaljko (one) are the only ones who have not been starters among those who have played.
Herrera joined the preseason late, but already shot because he was watching the Gold Cup. That is why it was called to be important in the first stage of competition, when in general the legs are still heavy. But a muscle injury left him out of the team. Simeone values the virtues of the footballer for those matches in which Atleti will dominate, to have a lot of ball and have to move it fast; not so much when it comes to running back and forth, there he has more trouble.
From Paul, Kondogbia, Lemar …
Last season, in fact, he got a hole in the eleven in the fall, surpassing Saúl in the preferences of the míster. And Atleti left very good games with the Mexican along with Koke in the rojiblanca engine room. Until Herrera got injured and then caught the coronavirus, which left him out of the team for more than two months.
Now the competition in the center of the field is even more expensive. Koke and Lemar are fixed, but now they are injured. Llorente is also indisputable, although sometimes it goes to the side. Kondogbia does not stop growing and De Paul came to be important and it also aims to become strong. Now there will be minutes for Herrera, who also wants to add and complicate Simeone when he has to decide …