After more than two weeks of hiatus, Atlético resumed the competition against a rival of campanillas and who arrived in Madrid with certain pending accounts. Liverpool is a machine and one of the fittest teams in Europe and Simeone he hurries until practically game time to decide his lineup, because he has some pieces whose participation is in the air.
The only safe casualty is Savic’s. The Montenegrin meets the third of his four penalty games (that is, he will not be at Anfield either) and leaves a hole in the defense, because It is also not clear that Giménez can play. The Uruguayan arrived from his country with a muscle injury and the last test will be decisive to see him or not in the eleven. There is one of the keys to the eleven of Cholo.
Llorente and Cunha are also seen in Giménez’s situation. During this break, FIFA have made progress in recovering from their muscular ailments and are aiming for the call. In the case of Spanish, you can even enter the eleven, or perhaps Simeone saves it as a revulsive for the second half, as in that 2020 tie. They are the great doubts in the team.
Thus, if Llorente does not arrive, it seems that De Paul will enter the midfield, where you are gaining weight. In the case of Giménez, Simeone turns even the system, because without Savic or the Uruguayan, the three centrals falters. Even so, he has been testing with the multipurpose Kondogbia to join Felipe and Hermoso in the rear.
In attack, the only fixed one seems João Félix. Luis Suárez also points to the front, while Griezmann and Correa will wait their turn. Lemar, one of the fashionable footballers, will also start in the center of the field. Much of Atleti’s options against Liverpool pass through the spark of the French and the Portuguese, as against Barça.
A) Yes, Simeone could choose for this third day of Champions for an eleven formed by: Oblak; Trippier, Kondogbia (or Giménez), Felipe, Hermoso, Carrasco; De Paul (or Llorente), Koke, Lemar; João Félix and Luis Suárez.
At Liverpool, Klopp has many options too, although an eleven like this is expected: Alisson; Alexander-Arnold, Matip, Van Dijk, Robertson; Henderson, Fabinho, Keita; Salah, Firmino and Mané.