Between some things and others, Simeone has been the last calls shivering. Against Granada, he was left with only six players on the bench, with a goalkeeper (Grbic) and three defenders (Vrsaljko, Álvaro and Lodi). The consequence is that just made a substitution (The Croatian side entered for Kondogbia). The same happened against Celta. The starting eleven and one more played. In both cases, in addition, the change was made at halftime.
The contrast is more noticeable because one of the leader's virtues is his potential from the bench. With the entire squad, the Cholo has variants in all lines to form a level eleven and make five changes that measure up. In Los Cármenes, with the last minute loss of Vitolo, the technician had 13 first team outfield players. Lodi and Torreira were left without participating. In return, rojiblancos recently recovered from COVID as Carrasco and Hermoso —This with a training nothing more— they completed the meeting.
For this Wednesday's appointment against Levante, the call will not be very different either. João Félix and Dembélé are expected during the week, sick due to coronavirus, but its presence in Orriols is far from safe. And it has Vitolo, although Simeone has not given him minutes in the league for more than two months. The coach, yes, could use the subsidiary to fill the bench and give him variants: Camello, Giuliano, Soriano, Toni Moya …