He
Atlético de Madrid
faced the Cardassar, in Copa del Rey, with many absences. Diego Pablo Simeone, coach of the mattress team, was left in the capital of Spain a good number of big names. Among them three of the four captains (Gimenez, he was actually injured).
This being the case, the player who had to wear the captain's armband was Saul
Ñíguez. The Elche is the fourth captain after Koke, Oblak and the mentioned Gimenez. The medium returned to the title after losing it in the derby last weekend.
A circumstance that confirms that he is not passing his best moment, as recognized by himself Simeone in the preview of the cup clash. “It is clear that he is not having his best moment. For us he is a very important player. From a very young age we have inserted him into the team, and he has been key for us. Every year has been important for the team and this year will be no different. He is hard-headed and the time will come when his football will return. I'm sure ”, explained the Argentine coach in the preview of the cup clash.
And in the game it was seen that indeed, the situation is complicated. The youth squad tried in all possible ways to transcend the game. Inside that it was not bad, he left an image that he will have regretted.
A kick without the ball to a central Cardassar, which cost him a yellow card, but which should have been red in case there had been VAR or that the referee had noticed.
The youth squad realized as soon as he hit the kick, that he had made a mistake, after losing his nerves, and apologized with Pau Soler, who was very sore from the kick in the calf. At first, the center-back of the Mallorcan team did not want to know anything but later accepted the mattress's apologies. Of course, after the break he could not continue on account of the pain he had and had to enter another partner.