Herrera's moment

Héctor Herrera has not said his last word at Atlético. The Mexican began the season by settling in the center of the field with Koke until being a very important piece in a team that played with possession, commanded in games and was very decisive to add three at a time.

However, setbacks have accumulated that have prevented it from having continuity again. It has barely been able to appear in the entire year 2021, linking muscle injuries to the coronavirus. But now is the time to look ahead and to recover sensations. If this year I had only participated six minutes against Cádiz, against Alavés he had the last 16 in search of closing the three points that Atlético ended up with a lot of suffering and Oblak's fundamental intervention to stop a penalty.

Herrera is focused on Mexico, where he has two commitments ahead of him, against Wales and Costa Rica, to accumulate minutes and feel like a protagonist again. A good set-up before returning to Atlético to try to be the start of the course, where he came to settle as owner. The rojiblanco midfield has been weakened in recent games, struggling to gain possession and to propose a change of pace once they have reached three-quarters of the field.

And there Herrera must win stripes again. There are ten days left with the title at stake, and recovering the best Herrera would be fantastic news for Simeone and for an Atlético who wants to go back to being the one at the beginning of the course. The team is also showing a certain anxiety in the matches, where the need to win against the harassment of Barcelona and Real Madrid makes a dent in the psychological field. Something where the veteran of the Mexican, one of the captains of his team, can also pause and command. If Herrera regains his peak of form, he may have many minutes between now and the end of the course.