Simeone has called 18 players for this Saturday’s match at 16:15 at the Vicente Calderón against Sporting de Gijón. Tiago, Moyá and Cerci, injured; and Thomas and Lucas, by technical decision, are off the list.
The Slovenian keeper has been included in the first eleven of the Champions League Team of the Week. His great performance against PSV, saving a penalty shot from Guardado, has been key.
Our player from the ranks has accustomed us to scoring great goals in the top continental competition. Against PSV, he was the scorer of the winning goal.
This first match of the current Champions League has a special meaning for Juanfran, since he will match his friend Raúl García to 35 games played in the top continental competition.
Tie in the Training Complex of PSV in a match dominated from start to finish by our team in which we only lacked the goals to round up the debut in the Youth League.