The Atlético de Madrid he trained this Monday afternoon in the sports city of Majadahonda. A surprising session because only six footballers worked under the orders of Diego Pablo Simeone. The rest were with international commitments or in the infirmary. It was about Saúl Ñíguez, Ángel Correa, Mario Hermoso, Thomas Lemar, Manu Sánchez Y Saponjic.
A very unusual image that could be seen in the Cerro del Espino. So unusual that the Argentine coach participated in some of the exercises due to lack of personnel. Some exercises that focused on physical work and the best individual footballer.
And it is that up to 14 players have left with their national teams in this break as is the case Gimenez, Torreira and Luis Suarez (Uruguay), Koke and Llorente (Spain); Oblak (Slovenia), Grbic (Croatia), Savic (Montenegro), Trippier (England), Kondgobia (Central African Republic), Herrera (Mexico) and Joao Felix (Portugal).
To this must be added the four that are in the infirmary, such as the cases of Vrsaljko which is low until December; and those of Yannick Carrasco, Diego Costa Y Vitolo It is hoped that soon they can be with the rest of their companions.
For this first training session during the national team break, the Cholo Simeone He preferred to rest the homegrown players. The players who usually train under him on Sunday were playing with the reserve team against him Sanse. So he preferred that they rest.