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Trial by fire in Porto for Kondogbia, as center back

The Atlético de Madrid will have to undertake one of the most difficult tests of the season, in which his survival in the Champions League, with a defense in box. Diego Pablo Simeone you can only count on Mario Hermoso as a born center-back for Tuesday’s clash against him Porto on ‘Do Dragao’. The Cholo has to Savic and Gimenez injured, already Felipe sanctioned for his expulsion from Liverpool.

That is, you will have to improvise. The dance partner, based on what was tested in the training prior to the duel against the Portuguese team, will be Geoffrey kondogbia. French will be the dance partner of Handsome in the center of the rear. And surely that Simeone will include Fran gonzalez e Ibrahima Camara, branch headquarters, in the team’s summons for the appointment. In the case of the second, it is assumed that he has a commitment to the Juvenil de Youth League, that life is also at stake. For its part, Fran gonzalez He has already played several preseason games in the first team.

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The fact is that, facing the appointment of this Tuesday, it will be Kondogbia who leaves his usual position in the medullary to be delayed. He has already had to be a ‘patch’ in the center of the rear on several occasions in this course, although it is true that he did it playing in a line of three, when everything suggests that in Port it will be in line of four. In view of Liverpool, Elche and Real society he had to play this role. It will certainly be a litmus test for him.

In the training session prior to the match against him Porto, Simeone He worked individually with him some questions regarding the position he will have to occupy. Especially when it comes to the lateral centers.