He Atlético de Madrid’s last training session before playing against Girona He had a visit from one of the coaches of the moment, Filipe Luisbrand new champion of the Copa Libertadores with Flamengo and who led PSG to penalties in the Intercontinental.
The Brazilian is a great admirer of Simeone, with whom he grew up as a player. Cholo has to move his chips to visit Girona because he recovers one of his trusted men: Marcos Llorente.
Injured a month ago (he has missed seven games since losing to Getafe), the Madrid native is already with the group. «We saw it quite well. Tomorrow we will decide, but we saw it well,” said the Argentine coach. Llorente’s return could be one of those “problems” that coaches, they say, are delighted with. The young man Mark Pubill He has taken advantage of the losses in the red and white team to become strong on the right side, the area usually occupied by the recently released from the hospital. But the truth is that Llorente is a wild card for Cholo. This year he has played as a right back and as a right interior, and even as a center back in the three-point line. that he raised before Rayo. In other seasons he has also been placed as a midfielder and even as a reference forward.
The two faces of Atlético, as a local and as a visitor
His return could send Pubill to the bench, or perhaps the kid will occupy the central position, in which he has shined lately and the red and whites are just missing Lenglet and Giménez, with Le Normand having just recovered from an injury. Atlético is once again faced with its unfinished business, which is the games away from the Metropolitano. As a visitor, they are only the ninth best team in the League, with nine points achieved out of a possible 24.. On the other hand, at home it is the second most powerful in the championship, with 25 points out of 27: They only gave up a draw against Elche on the 2nd matchday. Girona has improved compared to the start of the season, but Míchel admits that it would be “a surprise” to win.
