Simeone recovers Diego Costa and insists with Ricard after his great goal

Atlético announced the call for 23 footballers for the game this Saturday (14:00) against Elche. A list without surprises, where the big news is the return of Diego Costa, already announced by Simeone after the forward returned to training on Thursday. Grbic, positive for coronavirus, is the last minute low.

With the return of the Hispanic-Brazilian, once the thrombosis that has left him out in recent weeks has overcome, Cholo has the only casualties of the Croatian goalkeeper and Giménez and Herrera, with muscle injuries. The central is close to returning, while the Mexican will have to wait until after Christmas.

In Grbic's place, the second goalkeeper will be San Román. Curiously, he will sit on the bench against Elche, the team where he was on loan last season and with which he achieved promotion to First Division. He will meet again with many colleagues at the Wanda Metropolitano. On the list there is another player from the subsidiary: Ricard. Although Trippier and Vrsaljko are ready, Cholo wanted to reward the winger, who made his debut against Cardassar and scored a great goal, the icing on the cake to a remarkable performance.