Simeone calls 19 football players against Galatasaray
Cristian Ansaldi makes the squad-list provided by the coach for this Wednesday’s match, from 20:00, played by the team against Galatasaray in the Turkish city of Izmir.
Diego Pablo Simeone provided this Tuesday the list of called players, they’ll leave just after the morning training session -scheduled for 8:30 at Majadahonda’s Sports City-, to the Turkish town of Izmir, where on Wednesday at 20:00 CET, our team will play another pre-season game against Galatasaray, a match part of the LFP World Challenge.
The presence of the Argentinian Cristian Ansaldi is the main novelty of this list that also includes Godín, Giménez, Tiago and Mandzukic, players who were not in the team’s American tour. Emiliano Insua, with a gatroenteritis, coudn't make the list and didn't travel.
The 19 players called by Simeone are the following:
ATLÉTICO DE MADRID | FRIENDLY vs GALATASARAY | Izmir, Ataturk Stadium
| NUMBER | NAME | POSITION |
| 1 | Moyá | Goalkeeper |
| 25 | Bounou | Goalkeeper |
| 3 | Siqueira | Fullback |
| 20 | Juanfran | Fullback |
| 2 | Godín | Defender |
| 18 | Giménez | Defender |
| 15 | Ansaldi | Defender |
| 23 | Miranda | Defender |
| 26 | Lucas | Defender |
| 4 | Mario Suárez | Midfielder |
| 5 | Tiago | Midfielder |
| 6 | Koke | Midfielder |
| 7 | Saúl | Midfielder |
| 8 | Raúl García | Midfielder |
| 10 | Arda Turan | Midfielder |
| 14 | Gabi | Midfielder |
| 9 | Mandzukic | Forward |
| 21 | Leo Baptistao | Forward |
| 27 | Héctor | Forward |
