This week the Atlético de Madrid He will return to work to prepare for the new 2019-20 season that is expected to begin on the weekend of September 13. The club has not yet confirmed the return date. A strange return to activity because a few weeks ago they left after falling in the quarterfinals of the Champions League, and because it is not usual to see ten-day preseason.
A lap that if nothing changes these days will be marked because surprisingly there will be more changes in the coaching staff than in the staff itself. At the moment the only change will be in the goal. Adam he left to leave his hole to Grbic. A change that cannot be seen because the Croatian before starting training will be with his team.
While in the coaching staff they have had two casualties. The first is the 'Monkey ’Burgos. The one who has been second coach so far Diego Pablo Simeone his solo adventure begins. At the moment he does not have a team but will be waiting for an offer. They have been inseparable since they occupied the mattress bench in December 2011. Without a doubt an absence difficult to repair.
In principle the plan is as follows. Nelson alive who has been the third in recent months will become the second coach. A facet that he already shared with him Cholo in its first stage in Argentina. And the new face would be that of Gabi fernandez
. The one who was captain until recently of Atlético de Madrid he would return to the club after retiring to join the technical staff. News that a large part of the fans expected.
A training session for Atlético de Madrid
The other exit has been less mediatic. He is the first assistant of the Profe Ortega. Carlos Menendez packed his bags at the end of the Champions League to become the physical trainer of the Vitoria de Guimaraes. An adventure that you will share with Tiago, former mattress player and who in his day was third to Simeone, as first coach and Jose Luis Sanchez Vera, who until a few days ago was the technician of the Atlético de Madrid Women.
So for the moment Profe Ortega stays with Daniel Castro as the sole component of your task force. The vacant position could be for Luis Piñedo that until recently has been in the mattress subsidiary because in principle Ivan Diaz Infantes, who was already part of his team until 2018, will remain in the Atlético de Madrid Women.
Thus begins a new stage in the Atlético de Madrid of the Cholo Simeone.