Three days from the Camp Nou, Simeone adds a new player to his 'touches': Thomas Lemar. The Frenchman has joined Giménez and Lodi on the list of footballers who suffer physical discomfort and has exercised outside the group, with the Uruguayan and the Brazilian, in the session that the Argentine coach scheduled this morning at the Wanda Metropolitano. The Frenchman, already absent in the matches against Betis, Eibar and Huesca, due to tendinitis, worked on the sidelines to distribute loads. The Frenchman completed yesterday's session at Cerro del Espino without a problem.
Giménez withdrew from the game against Elche, but has worked on the sidelines all week and could return to training tomorrow. The big question in Cholo's infirmary would be Lodi, who has a muscle injury in his thigh that has already made him miss the game against Elche and yesterday he tested outside the group at Cerro.
Cholo's plans
The curious note of the session, programmed in the Wanda Metropolitano as a shield to hide the rojiblancos plans in the face of the momentous match against Barça, where LaLiga is played, was starred by Dembelé who spoiled two training platforms at the beginning of the session. A session where the good atmosphere reigned. Simeone would meditate for this match to give continuity to Kondogbia after his great game against Elche. The Frenchman could form the double pivot with Koke, while Carrasco and Llorente would occupy the bands and Correa and Suárez would play up, although the place of the Argentine could also be occupied by Joao Félix, as it is a match where spaces and driving can be lethal. Simeone will work on it in the two training sessions that he has left before traveling to Barcelona.