Kondogbia and Llorente, KO

The Super Cup in Arabia left Atlético with a deeper wound than the defeat alone against Athletic in the semifinal: two casualties of two important footballers, Kondogbia and Llorente. The club has issued a medical report where it has reported that both players suffer from “paths muscle injuries in the left thighThis was confirmed by the radiological tests they underwent in Madrid, after being substituted in the match against Athletic in Riyadh, Llorente at half-time and Kondogbia five minutes later.

“They will start them with daily physiotherapy treatment and rehabilitation training and his incorporation will be marked according to his evolution”, specifies the information that the club has issued on its website. In the case of ’14’, it is the fourth time he has been injured this season, he, a footballer who had never suffered one since he signed for Atlético, in the summer of 2019 (the last one had been when he was a member of Real Madrid, abductor, in 2018-19).

Fundamental to Cholo’s plans, his absence is a problem, more so when Trippier, Simeone’s starting right back, has left, a place in the field that Llorente was occupying. Kondogbia, meanwhile, was being a fundamental footballer for Simeone in recent games, already in his position (15 times), where he had shone for his ability to recover and sweep balls, already acting as a third center-back (7), an option used by Simeone pressed by the casualties behind Savic and Giménez. In his case, it is the third injury this 21-22.