Atlético – Getafe: A stone in the road

Atlético – Getafe: A stone in the road
Atlético – Getafe: A stone in the road

Last season the Atlético received the Getafe in the penultimate game of the year 2023. The colchoneros stood before their fans with the idea of ​​breaking the record of consecutive victories at home after stringing together 20 consecutive wins, but they ran into an excellent Borja Mayoral. The one of Speaks He scored two goals and with a shot from the penalty spot he signed a tie that deprived the colchoneros of adding the three points.

A year later, those of Simeone they receive in their stadium Getafe in the penultimate game of 2024. This time they also arrive on a more than positive streak thanks to the ten wins they have achieved in their last ten appearances. These joys have been distributed between the regular championship, the King's Cup and the Champions Leaguebut perhaps where it has been most reflected has been in the domestic tournament because with them they have gotten closer to the two colossi as they are Real Madrid y Barcelona. They were asked at the beginning of the season to fight until the end for the title with them and those of Simeone they are complying.

In this way, given the experience of past occasions, the rojiblancos are aware that any relaxation can take them away from their objective even if their rival is not at their best and arrives without the presence of Mayoral.

Thus, despite the little rest after the appointment of Championseverything indicates that Simeone will not touch his starting eleven too much and only a few tweaks are expected such as having Nahuel on the right side. Barrios He would continue to lead the midfield and in the attack the fashionable couple they form will remain Griezmann y Julian Alvarez.

Getafe, with emergencies

He Getafe visit the Metropolitan at a time when the results are not very good. Their two victories in three games, added to the agonizing pass in Copathey leave him alive in all the competitions. But surpassing the 16 points they have to continue cementing their permanence is the goal, taking into account that the Mallorca to close the year.

Bordalás arrives at the red-and-white fiefdom with the significant loss of Mauro Arambarriwho saw the fifth yellow in front of the EspanyolIn addition to the injured Borja Mayoral and Carles Aleñá. The man from Alicante pulls again Keitawhich debuted in Montjuicand it is the main novelty in a list to which it returns Berrocal after falling injured in Orihuela. The big question is whether Coba da Costa will return to the eleven after his great performance against Espanyol or will they be Carles Pérez or Álex Sola who do it.


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