Atlético de Madrid will visit Getafe this Sunday (6:30 p.m., Movistar LaLiga) with the absence of Jan Oblak due to a blow to the knee and the more than possible absence from the eleven of Giuliano Simeone, with muscle discomfort. He did not train with the group on Friday or Saturday, although he was included in the squad. “In principle Oblak is not going to participate, Giuliano is going to be called up and we will see his evolution to see if he starts or waits,” Diego Pablo Simeone explained this Saturday.
With Oblak ruled out, Juan Musso will return to the scene. Signed this summer to Atalanta, after the loan last year, last season he played in the Cup (seven games, including the semifinals with Barça) and two League games, in San Mamés (0-1), on the second day of the League and in the last one in Girona (0-4). from Simeone, who recruited him with the aim of giving Oblak more demanding competition.
To cover the possible substitution of Giuliano, Simeone meditates between moving Nico González to the right side and aligning Almada on the left. The other option that the Argentine coach uses is for Barrios to play on the right, Baena to accompany Koke in the middle and Nico González to remain on the left.
With only one victory away from home so far this season, against Betis (0-2), Bordalás’ Getafe has always been a complex rival for Atlético despite the fact that until the second round match of the previous campaign they had never defeated them with Simeone on the bench. That defeat (2-1) did a lot of damage because it began to take Atlético out of the fight for the League in the last third of the championship. Then, almost consecutively, they lost in the Champions League against Real Madrid in the round of 16 and Barcelona eliminated them in the Cup semifinals.
“We don’t stop at last season’s match, we look at Getafe’s moment, which continues to evolve year after year in the competition of all matches and is adding many more offensive things than it had years ago. This means that we are going to have a tough, difficult and competitive rival like Getafe.” Simeone warned in the preview of a match that Atlético needs to win to remain engaged in the fight for the League.
