After not having played their league match this weekend, due to its postponement, Atlético will play again tomorrow against Liverpool. The colchoneros receive one of the most fit teams in the world with the aim of adding and staying in the fight for the first place in group B of the Champions League.
The Athletics are reaping good results but until the break, the rojiblanco game has suffered. Simeone still has not managed to recover the virtues that made Atlético one of the best teams last season. Even so, in this type of game, the mattresses tend to bring out the best of themselves and they will not make it easy for Liverpool.
Liverpool come into the game after having a feast with a 5-0 win at Watford with a splendid Salah. After a gray season for Klopp’s, they seem to have recovered and threaten to be one of the teams to beat.
To face the reds, Cholo will have Savic’s loss assured, but given that Llorente and Giménez have just returned to training after overcoming their injuries, the Argentine coach will have to decide whether to use them in the eleven or reserve them to avoid risks. Another of the great doubts that Simeone may have is Suárez’s companion in attack, since Correa, Joao Félix and Griezmann are available. Given the tactical difficulty of the match, Cholo could opt for the Frenchman, as he is the most experienced in this kind of match, and has a great defensive sacrifice.
There will also be the question of whether Atlético finally uses a system of three centrals or uses the classic 4-4-2 scheme, perhaps due to losses, the most sensible thing is to bet on the latter, so that is how the alignment would be:
Oblak; Trippier, Felipe, M. Hermoso, Lodi; Kondogbia, Koke, De Paul, Carrasco; Griezmann, Suarez.