Recovery and fine tuning before the visit to the Riazor
The squad was back from Azerbaijan in the early hours and in the afternoon trained for about 90 minutes in the Majadahonda Sports City.
Little more than 13 hours after returning to Madrid from Azerbaijan, the first team met up again in the Ciudad Deportiva de Majadahonda and conducted a training session looking towards next Saturdays game against Deportivo La Coruna . The first half hour of work was done in the gym and was directed by Oscar Ortega and Carlos Menendez, responsible for the physical fitness of the squad.
Once the fitness work was complete, the players went out on to pitch one apart from the Brazilian Diego Costa, who continued the session in the weight room. Diego Pablo Simeone, attended this session with seven players from the academy Óliver Torres, Javi Manquillo and Saul Ñíguez from Atletico B, Pato and Dani Aquino from the C team and the youths Luis Milla and Samuel Villa. The final 45 minutes of the session was devoted to the strategy and tactical work ahead of the match at the Riazor.
