After an excellent start to the season, Herrera was injured and missed at Atlético, which coach Diego Simeone misses.
Diego Simeone, Atlético de Madrid coach, spoke about the next match in which Joao Félix, Moussa Dembélé, Thomas Lemar and Héctor Herrera will not be available for Covid-19 yet. “Undoubtedly, Herrera had started the season very well. He had that injury (muscular against Real Madrid on December 12) that did not allow him to maintain continuity. above all, what the footballers want “, he reviewed.
“And then the growing boys like Lemar, Koke, Llorente, Kondogbia competed very well for this position … And the pressure to play is starting to build. It’s important because we need him. And we need Herrera, of course. “Now he was very well on his return from the injury and what happened to him is happening and many of us have to live, which is the coronavirus,” he continued.
“Let’s hope he recovers well, that he will surely recover well, because he is a working boy, who wants to be well and with an influence within the important group. The fact that he is in the group and the team will be important when he will be able to give enough negatives to join the team “, he added.
Atlético has lost its reliability following the latest appointments. Disguised as the fist of Luis Suárez and the team, winners of eight of his last nine league games, it is a fact that comes into force again for 2-2 against Celta last Monday and the imminent visit, on Saturday, to “competitive and combative “Granada.
On Saturday, Granada is waiting, while Real Madrid and Barcelona continue to pursue their leadership. “The only thing that worries us is solving the Granada game; a team that does very well at home, has won six of eight matches and competes very well. It is a competitive and combative team, with a coach who has very clear ideas.” and it can be played with different systems “, he analyzed.