When Atlético was exercising for the first time that day this morning, with Marcos Paulo absent for the fourth time, The Brazilian put a story on his Instagram with a photo of the preseason in Los Angeles de San Rafael, Segovia, him playing, and the emoticon of praying hands, as if wanting to return now. No sooner said than done. Hours later, the Brazilian returned to the grass of Cerro del Espino, in the rojiblanca afternoon session.
Marcos Paulo worked with the group in the first part of the session and, later, in the second, he exercised alone. But good news for Cholo his return after yesterday he lost one of his soldiers due to a myofascial injury in the quadriceps of his right leg, Stefan Savic, the rojiblanco in the field with the most minutes last season. But it was not the only one. The technician had another: Felipe.
The central defender returned to work in the afternoon session on the grass of Cerro and with a novelty compared to yesterday: he touched the ball. Returning to Madrid to continue recovering from the partial ligament tear in his right knee, which he suffered just before the Copa América with Brazil started, he is one step closer to his return.