Simeone continues to attack with Giuliano on the right line

He Atlético de Madrid He returned to training on Monday afternoon after a free weekend granted to the squad by the coaching staff, taking advantage of the league break caused by national team commitments.

He did it with ten members of the first team: Galán, Giuliano, Witsel, Lenglet, Lino, Koke, Barrios, Lemar, Griezmann and Correa. Both players from last week are absent, Azpilicueta, Le Normand and Marcos Llorente. And three footballers returned to Madrid after joining their countries (Oblak, Gallagher and Sorloth), although as usual, they have a day off and this Tuesday they will work normally with the group.

Diego Simeone devoted a good part of the training session to rehearsing offensive plays, getting the ball out of defense, and then finishing. An aspect missing in Atlético de Madrid at the beginning of the season, showing problems in generating scoring opportunities, especially in the last two games (Da Luz and Reale Arena) where Colchonero’s team only finished once on three sticks in nearly 200 minutes of play.

El Cholo and Tevenet worked hard to explain the concepts to footballers, including Griezmann, Barrios and Koke and Lemar as ‘generators’ and Lino and Giuliano arriving in the wings. It was surprising to see the young player in the right lane, but there was none Llorente, Molina or Riquelme (Spain called) the Argentine coach who experimented Giuliano at that demarcation. Rayane Belaid He is also in the first team.

Atlético trained in this training with: Giuliano, Witsel, Lenglet, Galán (center left), Lino; Koke, Barrios, Lemar, Griezmann; and Straps. Obviously, with this arrangement, Simeone continues with that 5-3-2 which becomes a 5-4-1 in defense and a 4-3-3 in attack because a winger always plays as a winger in this system.