Day 20
Atlético aspires to link three consecutive victories in the League against the penultimate place, which they have not achieved since October
When doubts about his continuity on the Atlético bench are increasing now that the rojiblanco team only has the objective of qualifying for the Champions League, Diego Pablo Simeone wanted to remember this Friday that he “still” has one more year left on his contract and assured be “with great desire” to face what remains. “I am at peace, because since I arrived at the club I have given everything and I will give it until the last day I am there,” proclaimed the Argentine coach before Atlético host Getafe this Saturday on the first day of the second round of the the League, with Quique Sánchez Flores on the brink of the precipice as azulón coach.
Faced with the penultimate place, which has only achieved three wins and five draws, Atlético has the opportunity to link three consecutive days with victory, something that it has not achieved since October and could be the turning point that the colchoneros crave . To do this, Simeone once again demanded the support of the Metropolitan fans – “We need the entire stadium,” he stressed – and asked his players to “continue playing with enthusiasm and be competitive.”
“Illusion, enthusiasm, contagion and the joy of playing always make those on the field better and when these situations come together the teams usually respond in the best way,” launched Cholo, for whom “the most Difficult in this game is to find regularity.
“I have a very excited half of the championship left,” insisted the Atlético coach, proud of his team “for having a regular game and a good intensity in situations”, although he acknowledges that “it has to continue growing.” “I ask to continue playing with enthusiasm and be competitive,” Simeone insisted, while Quique Flores, really threatened after the Getafe fans yelled at him “Go now”, attributes the situation of the Azulón team “to the results.”
The fact is that the continuity of Quique, although the president of Getafe, Ángel Torres, has conveyed “tranquility”, is more threatened than ever before an Atlético team that has not lost to this rival in any of its last 20 league games and that has left his clean sheet in the last 18 games. With Simeone, Atlético have faced Getafe 22 times, with 19 wins and two draws for the rojiblancos. And Getafe, in an extreme situation, have lost their last five games, four in the League and one in the Cup, although Simeone considers that “they have competed very well in all the last games they have played and they have a coach who is very clear about what has”.
Probable lineups:
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Atletico Madrid:
Oblak, Nahuel Molina, Savic, Hermoso, Reinildo, Correa, De Paul, Koke, Lemar, Griezmann and Morata. -
Getafe:
Soria, Damián, Alderete, Djené, Domingos, Iglesias, Algobia, Aleñá, Milla, Borja Mayoral and Enes Ünal. -
Referee:
Mateu Lahoz (Valencian). -
Stadium and schedule:
Metropolitan. 6:30 p.m. (Dazn).
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