Lhe rojiblancos continue to prepare for next Sunday’s game against Betis. In this morning’s session at the Wanda Metropolitano and after fifteen minutes open to the press, the coaching staff arranged several tasks in which they made clear the eleven they will bet on for the Villamarín ‘final’.
With the absences of Savic, Kondogbia, Cunha, Wass and Hermoso, plus the almost certain of Koke, Diego Pablo Simeone will seek to maintain the dynamics of the last few games and therefore will maintain practically the same team that played against United and Celta with the forced changes of Savic and Kondogbia. His place in eleven will be borne by Philip and DePaul. A 4-4-2 that is modified on the fly in a 5-3-2 according to the needs. It therefore seems that Simeone has found his ‘team’.
oblak in goal, Vrsaljko, Giménez, Felipe and Reinildo in defence. As we said, with the Brazilian instead of the injured Montenegrin. In the center of the field, three men repeat: Llorente, Herrera and Lodi. I would enter Rodrigo dePaul instead of Kondogbia. The Argentine will have an opportunity to vindicate himself in a difficult moment. The front has no news belt and joao felix they seem the couple chosen by Simeone at the moment. Suárez and Griezmann would have to continue waiting for their opportunity from the bench.
And it is the bench where Cholo will have the most problems. As we told in Marca, only four outfield players from the first team will sit next to the coaching staff and the youth players that the Argentine decides to include in the call. Five if a Koke finally enters who, given his testimonial participation in training, seems practically ruled out. Therefore, Griezmann and Suárez as we said and Lemar and Carrasco will be the few spare parts. Luxury, but scarce.
