The Atlético de Madrid He continued this Thursday preparing Sunday's visit to Benito Villamarín to face Real Betis. And he did it with a novelty, that of Lucas Torreira placeholder image, who rejoined the group after spending two weeks in Uruguay, where he traveled to be with his mother, sick with coronavirus, who finally died.
The Uruguayan returned to feel the heat of his teammates in a training session in which the casualties were those of Luis Suarez, who will spend about three weeks in the dry dock due to a muscle injury. The one who could be your substitute, Dembélé, has been working on the sidelines since he fainted two weeks ago in a preparatory session. You don't want to take any chances with the French.
Apart from the charrúa and the doubt of the French, Simeone nor will he be able to count on Sunday's clash with Llorente Y Kondogbia, sanctioned (was also Suarez before getting injured), so Hector Herrera has many options to enter the center of field next to Koke, as rehearsed by the technician on Wednesday.
In that session it was also found that Savic, go down in the Pizjuán for a gastroenteritis, will return to eleven, just like Carrasco Y Joao
Felix, once their respective physical problems have been overcome.
Atlético still has two training sessions left (Friday and Saturday) before traveling to the capital of Seville to face Betis, in a momentous duel for the colchoneros, who 24 hours before they will see as their pursuers, Barcelona Y Real Madrid, you see the faces in the Alfredo di Stéfano de Valdebebas.