Mallorca, without the Mexican coach on the bench, this Wednesday measures the Atlético crisis, forced to revive itself without the sanctioned Joao Félix
Given the critical situation of Atlético de Madrid, where Diego Pablo Simeone is experiencing his worst moment in more than a decade on the rojiblanco bench, Javier Aguirre, who was mattress coach between 2006 and 2009, also threatens the complicated situation of his former team and the Argentine coach. Simeone has been ratified by Miguel Ángel Gil Marín, but Cholo is still on the trigger and has already managed to divide Metropolitano fans following Atlético’s infamous failure in Europe.
After stumbling again against their fans against Espanyol on Sunday, the rojiblanco team will play this Wednesday against Mallorca in Son Moix, where Atlético could revitalize themselves or take another worrisome step back as they have quickly withdrawn from the battle for the title and is already feeling the pressure of too many rivals.
Vasco Aguirre’s Mallorca already beat Atlético at home (1-0, from a penalty) last season, in a poor game for the rojiblancos and a good defensive version for the Balearic Islands, although the vermilion team in this competition only won a game from Son Moix in Son Moix. six and is five points away from the drop from which the Mexican coach saved him.
Aguirre will not be able to sit on Mallorca’s bench this Wednesday, nor against Villarreal (0-2) after he, like Pablo Maffeo, was given two games for protesting to the referee and was sent off with a direct red card. It will again be his assistant, Toni Amor, who will replace him on the bench, but whoever is on the wing in Mallorca bears the stamp of order, physical display and defensive sacrifice that Vasco instills in all his teams. “It doesn’t matter who’s on the bench. It doesn’t affect the players,” says Aguirre.
“We are a close-knit team. We do our job from a defensive order. We, from that defensive scheme, have found faster ball circulation and we do better with it,” admits Javier Aguirre, whose Mallorca will receive an anxious and rejected Atlético with the goal that needs immediate response and return to be effective. Despite the bad moment of the rojiblancos in attack, for the Mexican coach “Atlético has the best attack in the league”, next to Cholo, “who has won everything”.
Up front, Simeone will again bet on the Griezmann-Morata duo and Joao Félix won’t even be a substitute as the Portuguese striker who scored the last three goals for Atletico in the League is yellowed. With Giménez also sanctioned, Hermoso will be Savic’s partner at the center of the weak colchonera defense, which will have to at least match the intensity of the locals and also stop an attack led by Muriqi, who killed seven of Mallorca’s 12 has scored goals in this league.
Source: La Verdad
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