PSG's next European opponent on Wednesday evening, Atlético Madrid had a rather positive Sunday: the Madrid club finally found its way to victory in La Liga and two former injured players returned to the competition.
Worrying last Sunday on the pitch of Betis Sevilla where it had recorded a second consecutive defeat after that against LOSC a few days earlier, Atlético Madrid quietly raised its head this Sunday against Las Palmas in La Liga. Faced with a frankly very weak team, Diego Simeone's men scored one goal per half, including the first by his son Giuliano who was the man of the match, and thus moved up to third place in the ranking.
With a fairly alternative team at kick-off since a good number of players with usual starting status had been left on the bench (Witsel, Reinildo, Gallagher, etc.), the Colchoneros did not really have to force but they did could see the awakening of their Norwegian striker Alexander Sørlothauthor of the break goal. Catastrophic recently and relegated to the bench due to his performances, he was able to regain a little confidence, like his team, a few days before a match in Paris which will also be decisive for both teams.
The infirmary is emptying, but not completely
This match against Las Palmas was also an opportunity to note that Atlético's very full infirmary has become a little emptied in recent days. Absent since mid-October, central midfielder Pablo Barrios and central defender Clément Lenglet made their return to competition this Sunday. The first had a quiet recovery with an exit at half-time while the second played the entire match without problem.
The scenario of the match allowed Diego Simeone to rotate and the latter was even entitled to a sixth change due to the concussion of the opposing goalkeeper which allowed both teams to make a sixth substitution which was not deprived of the Argentinian coach. The return of Lenglet also offers him the possibility of not rushing that of another much more valuable French central defender, namely Robin The Norman who suffered a serious concussion more than a month ago and is not expected to return to Paris in three days despite his improvement recently.
