Simeone has Koke back to host Valencia. The captain is the essential in the middle, area where competition has multiplied with the presence of Lemar in a more centered position, ahead of the pivots. Something that has further closed the doors to minutes for Kondogbia. The French midfielder arrived from Valencia in November and has had a residual participation in recent games. In the league, he has not yet started as rojiblanco.
While the team has not found a player who can replace Kondogbia at the pivot, the 27-year-old He has only played one minute, in Ipurua, in the last four league games of the rojiblancos. His fight for more opportunities is very expensive. In addition to Koke, now a defensive apex in the middle, Saúl, Herrera, who returns from injury and Torreira ask for passage. To see Kondogbia in an eleven in the League (if he was from the game in the two Cup commitments) we must go back until October 3, in his last game with Valencia. The Frenchman, international for the Central African Republic, played 81 minutes in the match against Betis.
Since then, the player suffered some discomfort in the heel, which together with his unique desire to sign for Atlético led him to be away from the team for a month. until on November 3 his signing for the rojiblanco team was made official. “All the footballers who are working want to play. I feel and see in the players the desire to play. Unfortunately we left a tournament like the Cup that allowed us to give everyone more minutes, that was shortened. In this period there is only one game per week and obviously the competition is very big. They are all very good footballers and then it will be up to the coach to find what will generate the best for the game “Simeone indicated yesterday about the presence of Kodogbia in his schemes. The Frenchman knows that he must keep pushing if he wants to have more minutes.
Torreira, on Valencia's agenda
The midfielder who has been gaining presence in recent games has been Torreira. The Uruguayan played the second half of the match against Eibar to try to give more presence and work to the rojiblanco half. At the same time that doubts about its future have been arising, Valencia's interest in taking over their services has been multiplying. Torreira is not having too much prominence either and Arsenal would have considered recovering his loan to find another destination for him. In the event that it happens, the group che is one of the great stakeholders. But Atlético does not think of giving up a useful alternative that gives more options to a team that is fighting for very high levels.