The Atletico coach had his full squad available including Manquillo and Oliver despite the problems the Uruguayans had with their plane back.

Mario Suarez was open in his assessment of Sunday's game against Valencia. He considered it very important and says the team has "really wants to play and win."

Simeone arranged an evening session attended by both Brazilians after returning from their matches with Brazil while the Turk did gym work after playing with his international side.

Atletico coach Diego Pablo Simeone, appeared before the media to talk about the game against Valencia and requested the support of the fans because "we need it". And also notes that "the excitement is best for these last 10 games".

Koke was the first international back to work ahead of the game against Valencia. Diego Costa and Luis Filipe will return this afternoon for a recovery session.

Diego Pablo Simeone designed a training in which there was 50 minutes of gym work and an hour and a quarter of work on the field.

The Atletico captain is confident that they’ll have a good game against Valencia and get closer to achieving the Champions League goal.

Three Atletico players played in two international matches played on Thursday. Koke was key in the win against Norway, while Diego Costa debuted with Brazil and Filipe Luis was a starter.

The rain made an appearance on the final day of training of the week for the first team. Simeone will allow his players to rest until Monday morning.

The Portuguese midfielder has returned to training this week with the group after his operation but does not want to rush his return to the pitch.