The
Atlético de Madrid he lives his best moment in years, in terms of results but especially in terms of sensations and football. Goals and an offensive vocation that has been founded on several issues. It not only has to do with the presence of Luis
Suarez, that too, and that entremado that has mounted around him to supply him with balls and opportunities.
It has to do with many other factors, the freedom of Joao Felix, the reinforcement of Llorente on the right, the explosiveness of Carrasco… the cathedral command of Koke on the pivot … But looking back at the lines, we see that Simeone has reason to smile because another of the issues that have made the rest of the gears work more precisely has to do with the irruption of Mario
Beautiful.
The Madrilenian is one of the great news of the season for him Athletic. After a first course in which he had a less prominent role than expected, in which he was the fourth choice of Simeone In spite of the fact that he fulfilled in many games, and even after he sounded to go out in the summer market, he has taken control of his situation and has become important in this Athletic.
As much as to discuss the ownership to Renan lodi in this season. The Brazilian has lost the undisputed role on the left despite his great performance with his national team, where he has a more defensive vocation. Hermoso has found a hole on the left side.
A circumstance that Simeone, as he explained, he was looking at him when he was signed. “Since we have Mario and we think of it as a search for something that is happening now. We may take longer than expected, but the search is fair and consistent. We had already tried in a game and we always thought of that alternative (as a third center-back with a left-handed profile in defense with a lane on the left wing). He is doing it in a very good way. He is an important player for the ball exit, to contain the support of the team and frees much more people who can play on the wing, be it Lodi, Carrasco, Vitolo, Saúl… ”, valued the mattress coach in this sense.
EXAM FOR LODI
This season, Hermoso has played seven games, six of them as a starter. Everything changed for him after the crash before him Celtic, in which the Cholo chose a Manu Sanchez that, despite giving a goal assist in that game, he did not have minutes again. If in Balaidos and in the clash of Huesca, Mario he had been central, from the appointment in Galicia he was always lateral.
The balance between the two players is almost millimeter because Lodi has played 546 minutes right now (Hermoso has 534), also in seven games, six of them as a starter. Will not be Beautiful headline this Wednesday before the Lokomotiv
, apparently in the tests. With what will be for I gave it a kind of test to show that it can be the first choice of the Cholo.