Not 2 goalkeepers anymore
Simeone has stopped having two goalkeepers for a year. One for the League and the Champions League and another for the Copa del Rey. Nothing, that’s over. In all of them he is already the same: Jan Oblak. Beyond the fact that the Cup has become the tournament that can save a season that was so far going bad, with an irregular pace in LaLiga and the elimination of all European competition in November, the coach does not want to leave a loophole for the rival, much less in the change of goalkeeper.
What changed in the mind of Cholo
This season from the first game against Almazan, a rival four categories below and in the first round, Cholo opted for the Slovenian, without minutes for a Grbic who had had them: 296 minutes spread over four league games (Real Sociedad, Athletic, Celta and Rayo) and one in the Champions League (Leverkusen), with four goals conceded. But Simeone, what was written, already made it clear last season in his first Cup game that the alternation in goal was over. That his goalkeeper was one, Oblak, and that he, except for injury or loss, would play everything. Also the Cup. Also the Cup and against any rival, be it Real Madrid, Arenteiro or Rayo Majadahonda, the first opponent in the round of 16 of 21-22, two categories below.