Savic, Koke and Llorente continue to add and Lemar vindicates himself

The Athletic Start to recover cash facing the return of LaLiga (on Sunday, against Sevilla). Although the international break has left bad news, since João Félix had to be replaced with Portugal due to ankle discomfort and Carrasco did not participate in any of the three games with Belgium with problems in the same joint, it has also reaffirmed the heavy weights of the mattress template.

The rojiblanco team has been exercising in the last week Under minimum, with eleven players concentrated with their respective national teams (Llorente, Koke, Carrasco, Lemar, João Félix, Oblak, Vrsaljko, Herrera, Trippier, Savic and Kondogbia). And that taking into account that on this occasion the South American footballers have not had international commitments. Among the players who finished their appointments to qualify for the World Cup, the role of Oblak, Savic, Koke and Llorente, the four players with the most minutes in the squad and a Lemar who has transferred his growth in the club also to the selection.

The goalkeeper completed all three of Slovenia's matches, leaving a clean sheet against Croatia (1-0) and falling to Russia (2-1) and Cyprus (1-0). In the case of Stefan Savic continues to add minutes in a season where he has become the benchmark for Atlético's defense. The Montenegrin is playing it all, he has only missed two games by suspension (Alavés and Levante) and two by technical decision (in the Cup against Cardassar and in the League against Huesca) and if at Atlético he accumulates 3,040 minutes, with the selection he played 180 more against Latvia and Norway, resting against Gibraltar.

Last year the injuries were his great burden (he missed 15 games for that reason), but this season he is showing a fantastic physical condition. He is the only one of the four centrals who traveled with his team and the most indisputable for Seville, since Giménez still does not train with the group and Hermoso's position can dance between the center of the rear and the side. Also Koke, the second outfield player who has participated the most in the squad, returns after adding 162 minutes with the National Team, entering the eleven against Greece and Kosovo and masterfully assisting Morata in the first game.

And Llorente has made a hole for himself thanks to the versatility that rojiblanco has shown. Luis Enrique has stayed with Simeone's tests when he could not count on Trippier and he placed him on the right side also against the Greeks and against Kosovo, in addition to a few minutes against Georgia (he returns with a total of 205 minutes). Although it shines much less than in offensive positions, it always empties. Of course, they are efforts that can take their toll considering that he already has 2,829 rojiblanco minutes.

Less minutes accumulate Lemar, but its growth over the season has been spectacular. Something that led Deschamps to win him back for the national team for the first time since November 2019 and to be the protagonist also with Les Bleus. He did not participate in the first game against Ukraine, but ended up completing the matches against Kazakhstan and Bosnia at a very good level and look to the next European Championship with options to be very important in one of the great candidates for the title.

More minutes for several players who already they arrived loaded after being essential for Simeone (Trippier has only added 45 with England), but they are also a prize and recognition of the good level they are showing in the rojiblanco team. From today they will return to focus with the sole objective of trying to win the league title in the ten days that remain.