Diego Costa does alternative work to recover from his ankle sprain  

The Atlético de Madrid first squad continued to prepare for this Saturday’s match against Málaga at the Vicente Calderón. The ‘rojiblancos’ trained at the Majadahonda Sports Complex for around an hour-and-a-half. Also participating in the session were Atlético B players Noguera, Sergio Marcos and Batres.    The news of the session was the absence of Diego Costa, who suffered a slight right ankle sprain during the last practice which kept him from training with the group. The Brazilian did alternative work with the team physical trainer, Oscar Pitillas. Tiago, who is still recovering from the cervical sprain suffered against Deportivo, also worked out with Pitillas.     The Atleti players were divided into two groups. In one area, Perea, Valera, Mario Suárez, Godín and Kun Agüero did regenerative work in the gym. On the pitch, the rest of the squad began their session with a warm-up and 4v2s before carrying out a possession drill with goalkeepers. To finish, they worked out finishing drills.