Atlético continues to work with the players that Simeone has at his disposal … and with those who are about to join the preseason. The rojiblanco club has prepared a specific return plan for its internationals, who took over the lists of their national teams in the Eurocup, with seven representatives, and the America's Cup with six (Héctor Herrera is playing the Gold Cup with Mexico and Nehuén Pérez will play the Olympic Games with Argentina).
With my mind set on league debut in Balaídos (August 15), their players will join the group according to the date on which they started their vacation, taking into account that De Paul, Correa and Lodi met in the final of the Copa América and Trippier reached the final of the European Championship. In the case of the new signing, His intention is to cut a week off his vacation to work with Cholo as soon as possible.. Felipe is back after being injured at the end of the first day of the group stage with Brazil and Vrsaljko, Lemar and João Félix will be the next, after his elimination in the second round of the European competition, although the Portuguese is out due to his ankle operation.
In quarters they were Carrasco, Giménez and Luis Suárez those who said goodbye in their respective competitions. In the case of Uruguayan tip, the main objective of the coaching staff is that regain freshness and have time to cope in the best conditions a new season of the most demanding, where he will once again be the benchmark of the leading team. If the dispute of the summer competitions has left practically no time for the players to recover, Atlético has given Luis Suárez a few more days off to rest. If they are usually having a three week break, the tip will touch the month.
The oldest footballer in the squad, who in January he will be 35 years old, it has lived through a year of great wear and tear. An accumulated fatigue since the 2020-21 preseason, when Barcelona separated him, he was close to going to Juventus and ended up landing at Atlético, where to the difficulties in the preparation stress was added until signing for the rojiblanco club. He made his debut as a substitute in the league debut against Granada, although ended up leaving a double with assistance to show what was to come. Suárez was the top scorer of the League champion and with his final goals against Osasuna and Valladolid in the last two days, reached 21 targets.
However the end of course was hard physically. Simeone could hardly rotate him due to the short results that the team managed (ended with 2,983 minutes played) and in the last days Suárez's aim was losing precision. Furthermore, this campaign had to cope with the coronavirus and a muscle injury which took him off the pitch for three games in April. With the Uruguayan team the wear and tear of the course was evident and Tabárez came to leave him on the bench against Paraguay. Eliminated on penalties against Colombia on July 4, Atlético wants you to rest and disconnect completely before joining the preseason, so I could come back on Monday, August 2. Yes, his The start of the League will still be far from peak form, as will happen to several members of the squad. Koke and Llorente, with the farewell to the national team in the semifinals, are the other players in the long list of athletic to return.