Diego Simeone’s team is ready for games without injuries
Diego Simeone’s team is ready for games without injuries
First time in the season, Diego’s team is preparing for La Liga week without injuries. Team has registered all possible players as healthy. What would be in the mind of Diego at this point? Can he handle and use all healthy players?
Atletico Madrid is ready to dominate the rest rounds
Atletico’s situation is very positive, beyond the recent results . For the first time so far this season, there is no injury in the squad . Simeone has his 22 pieces available (although there are some sanctions to be fulfilled, from Koke, Correa and Carrasco), which offers him an important variety of possibilities for what is to come. And the coach, who has found a block of confidence, will have to make decisions with players who have lost some weight in the team, such as Carrasco, Lemar, Correa.
Can the coach change the formation?
Reinildo is the key. The Mozambican arrived on January 31 as a left back, that is, for the 4-4-2. But soon Simeone saw possibilities as a third central defender. He covered Carrasco’s back and then Lodi , with whom he has consolidated an unexpected left wing with great performance. Thus, Cholo has regained confidence in the scheme with which he was champion last season, with three central defenders, two long backs, three midfielders and two forwards. However, the presence of Vrsaljko, Wass and Lodi also makes it possible to play with a defense of four, with Lemar, Carrasco and Correa on the wings.from the center of the field. The coach has alternatives and will even touch up during the games, as usual. Carrasco is, globally, one of the players who has performed the best this season at Atletico. The master of the left wing, dangerous as he approached the area and made an effort in his defensive work. Precisely the change of system made him indisputable in the lane. However, Simeone always saw Lodi with possibilities to perform there, where he would enhance his virtues as a winger (attacking) and his weak points would be minimized by having a central defender taking care of him.