Ricard, premiere in style

The Copa del Rey gives the opportunity to less common players and some of them have a jackpot. Simeone did not want any kind of relaxation against the Cardassar and aligned an eleven of full guarantees, with the Saúl, Felipe, Hermoso, Lodi, Torreira, Correa, Lemar … and a single footballer belonging to Atleti B, Ricard Sanchez.

The right back took advantage Trippier's first break this season after having been summoned eleven times as a replacement for English without having to participate and celebrated it with a goal by the entire squad on the brink of halftime. He slashed and with his left leg, the least skilled, nailed it at the angle. Vrsaljko, recently recovered, is not yet ready to start and Ricard was chosen from the start on the right side.

With his debut, there are already 33 footballers from the red and white quarry who have their debut with the first team under the command of Simeone. Last season Óscar Clemente, Riquelme, Darío Poveda, Manu Sánchez and Germán Valera They took the leap and debuted with Cholo. In 2018-19 there were six homegrown players who took the alternative: Camello, Solano, Joaquín, Mollejo, Montero and Borja Garcés, the first and last with a goal in the League.

The first on the list is Saúl Ñíguez, one of the mainstays of the current squad. In 2012-13, the debutants were Kader, Óliver Torres and Dani Aquino; in the 13-14, Carlos Ramos and Héctor Hernández. The following year one of the great appearances of these years appeared: Lucas Hernandez. Keita and Iván Pérez also premiered that course. In 2015-16, the debutants were Monsalve and Thomas. In 2016-17 it was the turn of Caio Henrique, Rober, Juan Moreno, Olabe and Keidi and in 17-18, to Sergi, Toni Moya, Montoro, Carlos Isaac and Arona.