One of the protagonists of the last matches has been Renan lodi. The Brazilian is adding more minutes than usual this season in the Atlético de Madrid due to casualties. Even in front of Celta Vigo came to give the assistance of 2-1 that he scored Luis Suarez after picking up a ball along Kondogbia.
Well, this Saturday he will return to the pitch where he has scored his only goal as a mattress. Last season he scored 0-1 In the New Cármenes culminating an impressive pass between the lines of Hector Herrera. A great goal that did not serve in the end for the mattresses to end up taking the three points.
This Saturday, Renan lodi you have options to play against him again Pomegranate. After a campaign in which he has seen how Yannick Carrasco He has ended up taking away the position of lane. He has returned to have minutes in the last games. Although more minutes could have been waited still.
In the meeting in front of Valencia He went out onto the pitch after the break. Vrsaljko on the right he did not finish giving Simeone all the solutions he was looking for in attack, that's why he changed him and placed Carrasco in that demarcation to put the Brazilian on the left. The second part was quite good and everything seemed to indicate that this could be one of the solutions to the prolonged absence of Trippier by penalty.
A few hours before visiting the Cádiz, Yannick Carrasco tested positive for Coronavirus in the pretest. So everything indicated that Renan lodi would take their place. Nevertheless Simeone surprised using Saul in that demarcation. A position that the people of Elche do not quite like. Therefore Renan The last half hour came out before the people of Cadiz.
On the last day in front of Celta Vigo already played the full game. Carrasco He returned to the call but after ten days without training with the group, and Simeone he preferred to leave him out. This absence was joined by those of Herrera Y Lemar, among others, which caused Saul returned to the center of the field. So that I gave it played left lane. A game in which he went from less to more until he was key in the 2-1 of Suarez.
In Granada after the return of Carrasco it will be difficult for him to be a starter again in a field that brings back fond memories.