Simeone and his defensive Tetris

Simeone will have to rebuild his defense once more. Atlético continues to accumulate setbacks in the rear and if against Porto they had to form with a line of five behind made up of Llorente, Vrsaljko, Kondogbia, Hermoso and Carrasco, where the Belgian and Hermoso were the only ones who played in their usual positions, The Croat ended up contesting the entire second half with a fracture in the zygomatic arch (located in the face in the cheekbone area) and you will have to undergo surgery.

The rojiblanco team recovers Felipe, sanctioned for the Champions League match, but the time trial against which the injured defenders compete is not on the right track. Savic is a safe casualty, after the muscular injury suffered in the match against Mallorca; Giménez continues on the sidelines after noticing bad feelings in the test he carried out on Sunday to find out if it could be available in Porto and Trippier has not yet received a medical discharge, since despite training normally with the group in the last two weeks, his shoulder injury is very sensitive to rough physical contact.

If the count of seven natural defenders in the squad was already short from the beginning of the course, the injuries cause Atlético will probably have to go to the Santiago Bernabéu with four of their defenders knocked out. Only Hermoso, Felipe and Lodi, taking into account that the two Brazilians started with a more secondary role, are suitable at the moment for Simeone. The technician must decide si returns to bet on Kondogbia as a patch in the line of three centrals, today most likely, or if he goes behind four giving entry to Lodi on the left side.

Llorente is the rojiblanco wild card and Since Trippier’s injury he has been having to act as a right winger or winger, a role that is magnified with the loss of Vrsaljko. The Madrilenian, who is measured against his former team, loses a lot of influence so far from the rival area and He will have before him the mission of trying to stop Vinicius. Defensive casualties that are influencing Oblak’s goal, in his start to the season with more goals conceded since he is at Atlético. Stopping the team with the most LaLiga goals scored, a challenge for the red-and-white behind circumstances.