Last minute loss at Atlético. Rodrigo de Paul falls out of the call and he won’t play tonight Vallecas. The Argentine international suffers from an overload and is reserved more as a precaution than anything else, taking into account that there are two games again next week, including the derby against Real Madrid. SimeoneHowever, he is just a midfielder.
the english Conor Gallagher and the captain koke They are the only midfielders that Cholo has left in the first team, which has forced him to summon Javi Serrano and to adapt to some extent to the other place that remains vacant in the starting eleven. Griezmann either Riquelme are the ones with the most numbers, although there is also the option of overtake Llorente and leave the side to Nahuel. It will be Simeone who will of course have the last word. Another possibility is to return Witsel to the wide zone, but that seems the least likely since the Belgian has lost a lot of speed.
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Vallecas is, with the numbers in hand, a subscribed territory for Atlético de Madrid, which adds five consecutive victories in the Rayo fieldwhere in the Simeone era he has only lost once. The last precedent, furthermore, was scandalous, with last season’s 0-7 which was however a mirage because the red and whites were then unable to maintain consistency outside the Metropolitano.
Simeone has faced Rayo Vallecano 17 times and that 2-1 in the 12-13 season is his only defeat. The balance is 14 wins and two draws, one in Madrid and another to zero in Vallecas on the first day of the 14-15 season. From that game onwards, every time Atlético has crossed the bridge it has been to take the three points.
Another one that Rayo has a very good time with is Sorloth, who has already scored five goals against the Vallecanos. The Norwegian will start today as a starter, surely accompanying Julian Alvarez.
