Adrian continued to work with the group although Raul Garcia, who continues his recovery from an ankle injury suffered in Oporto sat out the session and Bono, who was called up by Atletico B for the match against Athletic B also missed out.

Simeone provided a list of 19 players where the main novelty is the return of Mario Suarez after recovering from his sprained knee. Adrian and Raul Garcia missed out due to injury and Guilavogui and Gimenez failed to make the list. The team will meet on Saturday night at their usual hotel in Madrid to rest and ahead of Sunday’s game at 12 noon in an important league match against Celta.