Atlético already sleeps in Porto to measure themselves tomorrow, starting at 9:00 p.m., with Porto in the duel that marks the season. Life or death. The eighth of this Champions League go through a victory in O Dragao, against a team, by the way, that seeks the same thing: to continue in the maximum continental competition. In Group B there is one place and three candidates for it: Porto, currently 2nd, Milan, now 3rd, in the position that gives access to the Europa League, and Atlético, 4th, with nothing. But everything can change tomorrow, in that duel in Porto.
A duel to which Atlético arrives injured, due to the poor results in this group stage where they have only had one victory, and for the defeat, last Saturday, against Mallorca in LaLiga that leaves him 10 points behind Real Madrid. And with a noticeable drop: that of Stefan Savic, injured in the 9th minute, asking for the change with a muscle pain. Sensitive because it is the best defense of Cholo and because Atlético no longer had Felipe for that game. The drama was even more this morning, when, after testing on Sunday, Giménez did not jump with his teammates to the green of Cerro. He had not passed the test, he still had discomfort, third low. Of the four centrals of the rojiblanco team, only one healthy remains: Hermoso.
That will determine the possible eleven of Simeone that will have to ‘invent’ defense. Llorente already occupies the side in place of the injured Trippier and ahead of the other natural right side of the squad, Vrsaljko. Kondogbia will play as central alongside Hermoso and Lodi will occupy the left. In the center of the field, Lemar and Carrasco can occupy the wings, the Frenchman on the right, and Koke and De Paul, pivots while the forward would occupy Griezmann and Luis Suárez, who already rested from the beginning against Mallorca last Saturday.