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He returned to work this Thursday at the Ciudad Deportiva de Majadahonda after the rest day granted by the coaching staff to the squad after the suffered victory achieved against the Salzburg on the second day of the group stage of the Champions League.
Despite the rest day, this Thursday those who were headlines on Tuesday had regenerative work. And the fact is that the load of the calendar, with matches during the week, has led the rojiblancos officials to make this decision so as not to put more burden on the footballers, who on Friday will have to travel to Pamplona to measure themselves against Osasuna before flying to Moscow to face the Lokomotiv.
Thus, on the grass of the main field of Cerro del Espino, men like Torreira, Giménez, Hermoso, Lemar or Vitolo. Casualties, the same in recent days: Saúl, Costa, Vrsaljko and Carrasco.
Regarding Saúl, in MD we already advanced that the objective was for him to be ready for the Champions League match in Russia. Own Simeone He recognized it later, after playing against Salzburg. “It is working well. Let's hope he is before Osasuna, at the latest against Russia. But there is no problem with him. He arrived a quarter of an hour before the rest, to the locker room, he was cheering, then he congratulated the others … I don't know where they see something strange, ”said Cholo.
And the doubts come because there has been no medical report regarding the state of the midfielder, who has already missed four games due to muscle discomfort (an overload) that will be five if nothing strange happens, because Atlético only has one training session left before to play against Osasuna.