Uncertainty on the left wing

One of the aspects to consider in the match played by Atlético de Madrid Wednesday at Celtic Park is the first start for Javi Galan since he signed with rojiblanco club. Diego Simeone He picked the man from Extremadura, who so far has barely played 100 minutes so far this season, but things haven’t gone well.

He was once surpassed by a player who appeared in the pictures of two Scots goals. At first he couldn’t follow Furuhashi behind a perfect wall and then koke It will not cover the inner pass. The Japanese gained a few meters advantage and lost Oblak. In the second, the ball reached the far post, where it was Fortunatelyand though Prince He closed well, he couldn’t get past the Honduran, who took a clean shot that after handling Hermoso slipped into the Colchonera goal.

In addition, the former player of Celta de Vigo saw a yellow card and suffered on the Celtic wingers, who were doing damage in their place. Although in attack he was not out of tune at all, with dangerous forays, all the ingredients were in place for him to stay in the locker room for half an hour. So it is. El Cholo introduces Riquelme.

After the match, the Argentine coach highlighted the performance of the Madrid youth squad. “Riquelme’s second half was very good with a fast player in that sector and I was left with the fact that the team had a good second half and this is the way to go,” he said.

The truth is Riquelme suffered less than Prince in defence, although it was also favored by the growing exhaustion of the Scots and by a change in the system of Brendan Rodgersthat issued Maeda from the band. His speed and momentum gave the Japanese a headache.

The truth is that there is Samu Lino on leave (she will remain in dry dock for a few more weeks) at Simeon He was asked the question about which player will be used for the left-handed lane in the next matches, starting with Sunday’s match against Deportivo Alavés at the Metropolitano.

RIQUELME, HAS AN ADVANTAGE

Logic invites us to think that it will be Riquelme who will take that demarcation against the Vitorian team, although it is not ruled out that Cholo want to strengthen Prince after what happened on Wednesday in Glasgow and give it another chance, in a more ‘friendly’ context than Celtic Park.

An alternative is to put it there Azpilicueta (he already did it on the last day of the league in Balaídos) or Saúl Ñíguez is in that place even if he is not the favorite of the Elche man. That would allow Cholo to ‘win’ a place in the middle of the field, where Coke and De Paul They are ready, so they can enter Llorentewho had a good performance in the Champions League by coming out at half-time, or Pablo Barrioswhich ran out of minutes.