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18 PLAYERS CALLED TO THE GAME AGAINST THE 'PERICOS'

A list with no surprises against Espanyol

• Simeone calls up 18 first team players, Cisma and Pulido miss out • Forlín, only novelty in Aguirre’s squad

Atletico Madrid held a final training session in Majadahonda Sports City this Saturday morning for one hour with the 20 first team players plus youth teamers Oliver and Saul taking part. The Argentine coach then gave a call for 18 players in which there were no Domingo Cisma nor Jorge Pulido.

The 18 players are Asenjo, Courtois, Juanfran, Godín, Miranda, Cata, Filipe, Insua, Mario, Tiago, Koke, Raúl García, Cristian Rodríguez, Gabi, Arda Turan, Adrián, Falcao and Diego Costa.

Meanwhile, Javier Aguirre, coach of RCD Espanyol, has included in the list as the only novelty Forlín who takes the place of Mattioni. The players called by the mexican are C. Álvarez, Raúl Rodríguez, Víctor Sánchez, Forlín, Stuani, Sergio García, Verdú, Longo, Kiko Casilla, H. Moreno, Javi López, Petrov, Capdevila, Colotto, Simao, C. Gómez, Christian Alfonso and Víctor Álvarez.