After a great start to the season, Herrera was injured and has been absent from Atletico, which surprises coach Diego Simeone
Diego Simeone, The coach of Atletico Madrid, spoke about the next meeting where he will not yet have available for the Covid-19 to Joao Felix, Moussa Dembélé, Thomas Lemar and Hector Herrera. “Without a doubt, Herrera had started the season very well. He has had this injury (muscular against Real Madrid on December 12) that has not allowed him to maintain continuity. above all, that’s what footballers want, “he said.
“And then the boys who are growing up competed very well, like Lemar, Koke, Llorente, Kondogbia … And the pressure to play is starting to be generated. It’s important because we need it. And we need Herrera, of course. “Now he was very well in his return from injury and it shows what happened to him and it is up to many of us to live, which is the coronavirus,” he continued.
“We hope he recovers well, that he will surely recover well, because he is a working guy, who wants to be well and with an influence within the important group. Being inside the group and the team will already be important when you can already give enough negatives to be able to join the team, ”he added.
Atletico have lost reliability back in recent appointments. Concealed by the hook of Luis Suárez and the team, winner of eight of his last nine clashes of the championship, is a fact that resumes its validity by 2-2 against Celta last Monday and the imminent visit, this Saturday, in the “competitive and combative” Granada.
This Saturday awaits Granada, while Real Madrid and Barcelona continue with the pursuit of their leadership. “The only thing that concerns us is to solve the game of Granada, a team that does very well at home, has won six of eight games and competes very well. It is a competitive and combative team, with a coach who has the very clear ideas and can play with different systems, “he said.