Intense training session from Atlético on the installations by Majadahonda. Intense for the time spent and for the way in which the players of the Madrid team exercised. More than an hour and a half of work in which Simeone did not walk with contemplations with his players. After a physical part, Cholo dedicated the session to working the defensive part of his team. A and again corrected the shape on that their football players they defended the attacks of a team made up of players from the lower rojiblancas categories. And on more than one occasion the rojiblanco coach raised his voice to show his disagreement with what he saw in training.
To get started, the Cholo test a defending with a 4–4–2. It is true that ten players were missing (Savic, Griezmann, Carrasco, Lodi, Cunha, Giménez, Luis Suárez, Correa, De Paul and Herrera). But the technician rehearsed and repeated the movements with a rear of four, supported by a center of the field also of four. The back line consisted of Vrsaljko, Felipe, Kondogbia and Handsome. Simeone placed the defense and made many tactical movements to defend the ball from the opposing team.
Lemar helped throughout moment to beautiful at the time of closing on the left-handed lane and Vrsaljko also had the help of a youth squad to close on the other side. Koke and Llorente played in the center of the field. El Cholo corrected Hermoso’s position, urged that the centrals were very aggressive at the time of clearing and he was very much on top of Vrsaljko to close the lateral centrals that are doing so much damage to Atlético this season.
A more intense Simeone was seen and more on from their players that never. Because since he arrived he has always prioritized the proper functioning of the defensive system. Atlético is conceding many goals this season (either in set pieces, due to specific errors or due to failures in the shots to the area from the wings …). If there is something that does more damage to the rojiblanco coach, it is conceding goals that could have been avoided. At the end of the session, yes, a technician was very satisfied with the work carried out by his team.