The bitterest return of Héctor Herrera

Among the drops of Geoffrey Kondogbia, Marcos Llorente The Antoine Griezmann, between the low moment of Atlético de Madrid, winner of no more than six of their last 19 previous games, between the need that overwhelms the team, Hector Herrera reappeared in ownership the scheme of Diego Simeon two and a half months later, with their only complete match in this course to date and with the defeat in the round of 16 of the Copa del Rey ante la Real society at Royal Arena from Saint Sebastian (2-0).

Nor was the Mexican international midfielder the solution, whose contract ends on June 30 and who has never been a priority choice for the coach, not even when in 2019-20 or 2020-21 he chained stages of four consecutive days from the initial team in LaLiga Santander at most.

Until this Wednesday, Herrera he had only been a starter in two of the 28 games his team had played this season: 1-2 to Getafe at Coliseum Alfonso Perez, on September 21, 2021; and the 2-2 with the Levante in the stadium Valencia city, last October 28.

Nothing else in his 23 games available for Simeone, of which he participated in twelve, ten from the bench. 52 percent. A muscle ailment separated him from the first three, when the last one joined the preseason after being named best footballer in the Gold Cup, and the Covid-19 de two of the four most recent.

A COMPLICATED COURSE

“I have no doubt that, in the way that he trains, that he accompanies and respects his teammates, he should have more minutes Herrera. The coach, at the moment, chooses other teammates, but as a merit I have no doubt that he deserved more minutes”, said the Argentine coach a month ago, who this Wednesday replaced him in the eleven, although he has never consolidated it there Not even last season.

It is true that in the year of champion of the Athletic, last year, he was a starter in the first part of the year; in the first three games of the Champions League or in five of the first seven days he was available, but a muscle injury suffered in the derby against Real Madrid, on December 12, 2020, when he was already a regular in the election for the lineup of Simeone, frustrated a tour in the eleven sporadic today.

Since then, counting on a stretch of four consecutive games from the start last April (in the draw against Real Betis, 1-1; in wins against Eibar, for 5-0, and Huesca, 2-0, and in the defeat against Athletic Club, 2-1), he has only formed in the eleven in seven games with Atlético in an entire year. The four mentioned then and the three now, reappeared this Wednesday in the twenty-seventh different lineup of the season of Diego Simeon. Contract ends in June. Your output seems unchanged.

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