This afternoon’s Atlético-Leganés should have been a party to celebrate the new name of the stadium, which becomes over the next nine years, Riyadh Air Metropolitan, but the match will be a real pressure cooker after the latest events this week, which culminated last Wednesday when the club announced that it would not sell tickets for the matches. next five away matches to subscribers located in the entertainment stands, a measure which was very poorly received by fans. The response from the stands to the box is one of the big unknowns as the clash approaches, but there will surely be no applause. Sportingly Simeone will rotate put internationals returning from training camps with their national teams at as little risk as possible.
The decision to Cholo This will mainly affect South Americans. By Paul, Julian, Nahuel And Giménez They have just played with Argentina and Uruguay and until Thursday they were unable to join the group. Physical and mental fatigue is evident and, In the case of Giménez, extreme caution should be exercised. because if he suffered a muscular injury, it would be a real tragedy, with The Norman out of action for the next few weeks. So everything looks like a new defense with Witsel, Lenglet and maybe Reinildo, although the coach manages different alternatives there. What seems clear, in any case, is that his son Giuliano will play the role of right winger due to the injury of Llorente and the predictable rest of Nahuel.
Griezmann faces one of his favorite victimsLeganés, to whom he supported four goals in February 2018. The Frenchman did not participate in this last truce of the national team, the first in which his renunciation to play for his country was effective, so he will be in full condition to repeat his chance. Also It will be an important match for Oblakwho will become the fifth player with the most appearances at Atlético de Madrid. He only has in front of him Necklace, Tomas, Adelardo and of course, his partner koke.
Pita Munuera Montero, and this is not good news for Atlético, who still remember the disaster they created last season during his last appearance at the Metropolitano against Getafe, which sparked a three-way tie in stoppage time favored by errors from the Jaenense referee, who has not coached Simeone’s team since then. Pay attention to the statistics because With Munuera, Atlético already has four defeats in its stadium against Espanyol, Levante, Real Madrid and Barcelona. Another public danger will be in the VAR, the Galician Churches of Villanueva.
Probable compositions:
Athletic: Oblak, Giuliano, Witsel, Lenglet, Reinildo, Galán, Barrios, Gallagher, Griezmann, Correa and Sorloth.
Leganes: Dmitrovic, Rosier, Sáenz, Sergio González, Javi Hernández, Cissé, Neyou, Altimira, Roberto López, Juan Cruz and Sebastian Haller.
Referees: Munuera Montero (field) and Iglesias Villanueva (VAR).
Stadium: Riyadh Air Metropolitan, 4:15 p.m.
