Atletico Madrid boss Diego Simeone faces some key staff choice calls for his or her UEFA Champions League showdown with Actual Madrid.
Los Rojiblancos sealed a late 1-0 weekend win at house to Athletic Membership as Julian Alvarez got here off the bench to grab all three factors.
Victory in Madrid retains Simeone’s costs proper in the course of the title race as they finish the weekend in second place in behind leaders Barcelona.
Focus now switches to their March 4 date throughout the capital on the Estadio Santiago Bernabeu of their Champions League final 16 first leg.
Simeone confirmed no contemporary harm updates after the weekend’s sport and nearly all of his beginning line up is already picked based mostly on consistency up to now this season.
9 of the beginning 11 are confirmed in Simeone’s thoughts – as per the newest studies from Mundo Deportivo – with one fundamental name nonetheless undecided.
Clement Lenglet will begin in central defence with Jose Maria Gimenez tipped to return and exchange Robin Le Normand.
Left wing is the slot nonetheless on Simeone’s to-do record as he prepares to arrange in a hybrid 4-4-2 as soon as once more up towards Carlo Ancelotti.
Samuel Lino began the 1-1 league derby attract February however the Brazilian has endured some tough defensive moments not too long ago forward of Javi Galan.
Conor Gallagher may very well be drafted in to begin, regardless of an absence of current motion for the England worldwide, as Simeone seems to be to deploy two wingers tight in subsequent to Rodrigo De Paul and Pablo Barrios.
Actual Madrid’s higher thrust comes down their left-hand facet, which suggests Gallagher’s capacity to tuck in, pushes the entire staff throughout to assist battle Vinicius Junior and Kylian Mbappe.
Gallagher has been used as a ‘sport nearer’ in current weeks by Simeone and his skillset may utilised from the off on Tuesday night time towards the defending European champions.