Atlético de Madrid faces Las Palmas at the Metropolitano this Sunday at 2:00 p.m. Spanish time. Good staging for Simeone's men, without leaving Paris aside
The colchonero team has just won the first round of the Copa del Rey against Unió Esportiva Vic by 2 goals to 0, a double Julian Alvarez. Despite the victory and passage to the next round, the feelings were bad. In fact, the red and white team did not manage to open the scoring until the last 10 minutes of the gamewith a rigorous penalty on Guiliano.
On the other hand, in league competition, Atlético de Madrid has just lost to Real Betis Balompié at the Villamarín by 1 goal to 0. The team's play leaves a lot to be desired, and they must improve quickly if they do not want to quickly fall out of all the competitions. At the moment, the mattress club is 10 points from the leader (FC Barcelona), in league competition, and is experiencing a critical situation in the Champions League, placing itself in the position 27and having to visit the Princes Park next Wednesday. This Sunday the mattress club has a good staging to reverse the situation.
Con Diego Martinezthe yellow team has improved significantly. The Canaries have two consecutive victories in the League, against the bottom team, Valenciaand before Girona by 1 goal to 0. In addition, Las Palmas managed to pass the first round of the Copa del Rey against Ontiñenateam Regional Preferredby a win by 7 goals to zero for the yellow set. The Canary Islands team will have a good performance at the Metropolitano to prolong their good streak.
After the Cup match, the coach Diego Martinez left the following statements praising the team for its good streak, but without losing concentration for the match against Atleti: «We are happy, the team has had a good circulation rate. I liked the attitude of the players. Very happy for those who have come on from the bench, like those who were making their debut. Today it's time to savor the victory and from tomorrow it will be time to think about Atlético de Madrid, it is one of those big games that are on the calendar.»
Possible eleven for Atlético de Madrid: Jan Oblak, Nahuel Molina; Clement Lenglet, Javi Galan, Koke Resurrection; Paul Barrios, Samuel Lino, Guiliano Simeone; Antoine Griezmann, Julian Alvarez.
Possible eleven for UD Las Palmas: Cillessen, Vito Rozada, Alex Suárez; McKenna, Álex Muñoz, Essugo; Campaña, Kirian, Fábio Silva; McBurnie, Alberto Moleiro.
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