Frenkie de Jong will be out of the field for at least two weeks due to a soleus injury to his right leg that the club detected after further tests. Remember that Barcelona sent a statement on Friday announcing that the Dutch midfielder was out because of a small overload in the cufflink. 48 hours … Read more
497 days have passed since the last time Diego Pablo Simeone did not align start to Koke and Saúl. Two players who in addition to being two of the team captains are two emblems of Atlético de Madrid at the moment. That is why they are fixed at Cholo's eleven in recent seasons. Until they … Read more
From heaven I will encourage you. A flag of Spain and another of Atlético with both black crepes. It is the first thing that was seen in the Wanda Metropolitano as soon as it entered the rojiblanco compound. Background music brightened up the warm-ups of both teams. It was impressive to see the Atlético stadium … Read more
With two games in five days since the restart of LaLiga, once the worst part of the coronavirus crisis is over, you can start to draw conclusions about the performance of Real Madrid facing the nine remaining days and the persecution of the league leadership, currently in the hands of Barcelona. The first is that … Read more
Manu Sánchez It was one of the great novelties of Cholo Simeone in the eleven that he presented against Real Valladolid. The youth squad is the only pure left back that the Argentine coach has to replace Renan Lodi, and after two full games he decided to give him a break. Manu Sánchez it was … Read more
Simeone decided to move the starting eleven before the accumulation of matches. Up to seven changes in the Cholo scheme Regarding the team that thrashed Osasuna with the great novelty of Manu Sánchez on the left side. Finally Vitolo managed to knock down the pucelana wall after leaving as the fifth change and Atlético is … Read more
Sánchez Pizjuán's party left a couple of conclusions about Griezmann, one chained with the other. The first is that, despite Setien having said that it was “indisputable”, it was not. The Little Prince was a substitute in Nervión. The second is that it goes without saying that Griezmann is not on that list of players … Read more
Malaga and Extremadura tied at one goal, with so many from Armando Sadiki and Gio Zarfino, in a game of few occasions, in which both showed why they were fighting not to descend and their serious offensive problems. The first minutes, by scoring by both teams, made two clear occasions for Malaga midfielder Hicham, who … Read more
He Atlético de Madrid He came home three and a half months after the last time. Obviously not as expected, with a soulless stand, without the ingredient that makes this team special, its hobby. On this journey, on account of the damn coronavirus, the mattress team fired legends like Peiro, Jones, Capon, Antic or the … Read more
Desangelado. Sad. Melancholic. Emotional. Many qualifiers, and all along this line, to define, in an environmental way, the meeting that Atlético de Madrid and Valladolid disputed in the Metropolitan. First match behind closed doors at the mattress stadium, opened in 2017. It will also be historic. A kind of training, without an audience, but with … Read more