18 players to welcome Villareal
Diego Pablo Simeone has called all available players for the league encounter against Villareal in the Vicente Calderón. Samu, from the subsidiary, main novelty.
The Atlético team completed their last training before the League match that will face them against Villareal, on Saturday at 16:00. The coaching staff arranged a session that started with the usual physical exercise directed by Óscar Ortega, to be followed by the tactical work where the strategy to be used against Marcelino’s team was prepared.
After the training session, Diego Pablo Simeone provided the list of the 18 players who have been called up: Courtois, Aranzubía, Juanfran, Alderweireld, Miranda, Godín, Filipe, Insua, Mario Suárez, Tiago, Koke, Cristian Rodríguez, Sosa, Diego, Samu Sáinz, Adrián, Raúl García and David Villa. The main novelty is Samu Sáinz Alonso, Atlético B’s attacking midfielder. The certain absences for this match will be those of Diego Costa and Arda Turan, both injured, and Manquillo, who’s still working on his recovery process. Additionally, Gabi is on a yellow card and Giménez, due to a technical decision, will not be facing the team from Castellón. A Villareal that will come to the Vicente Calderón with: Juan Carlos, Asenjo, Mario, Blázquez, Jokic, Pantic, Gabriel, Diego Jiménez, Bruno, Trigueros, Pina, Cani, Moi Gómez, Joan Román, Aquino, Jonathan Pereira, Perbet and Nahuel.
The Atlético team will be meeting this Friday afternoon at the Monterreal Hotel to rest and thoroughly prepare the vital match in the fight to keep the leadership in the BBVA League.
