João Félix will not be at the start of LaLiga, as reported by Javi Gómez, of The Partidazo by Cope. The Portuguese, who had surgery a month ago on the ankle that weighed him down last season and in the Eurocup, He is progressing very well in his recovery and does not want, worth the redundancy, to take false steps, and, to speed up the process, take steps back.
Atlético will face Celta on matchday one, on Sunday August 15, and, although in principle, the idea of the footballer and the club was to have surgery to be available for Cholo in that first duel, the deadlines will be lengthened. He has no pain and that is the best news to face his third season at Atlético, the one in which he is called to give the performance that the price of his transfer requires, 120 million, and all the expectations placed on him and that, except for flashes, he has not been able to show. Although his reappearance is going to take longer than expected.
This week, race continues
If three weeks ago the photo was his visit, on crutches, to his companions to the team's stay in Los Angeles de San Rafael and one ago, which stepped onto the Cerro grass for the first time, taking a quick walk around the training field, this week João will begin to carry out a continuous race and his particular preseason, the one in which the stopwatch of 'Profe' Ortega and his physical 'beatings' commands, looking for the best point of the rojiblancos players.