• Chronicle: Between Luis Suárez and Oblak give Atlético a break

Diego Costa knows the sensation of pain well.

He has lived through it a few times in his career, including that cruel occasion when he tore his cruciate ligament (summer 2011), months before his life and Simeone's became intertwined for good.

This time, things do not seem so serious, of course, but the forward, determined to leave a good taste in his mouth in his last year of contract with Atlético, took refuge under his tracksuit jacket, while, sitting in the stands de Balaídos, he was turning his head about what might be happening on his left thigh.

After one of his characteristic stampedes, and after giving Luis Suárez a goal that ended up not being so, an intense puncture stopped him in his tracks.

Leaning on the billboard, he began to chew on the start of a new injury.

Like the one that knocked him out at the Camp Nou film denouement, in 2014, and barely allowed him to step nine minutes on the Da Luz Stadium lawn, in the bitter Champions League final against Real Madrid, a week later.

A handful of memories that Diego Costa, just turned 32 years old, and in his last year of contract with Atlético, when he seemed destined to leave the club in summer, swirled inside his head.

"It was replaced by muscular discomfort in the thigh. It is pending evolution", summarized the part of the rojiblanca entity.

The normal thing is that it needs some other week to return to scene.

So, Simeone will not be able to count on him in that complicated opening on Wednesday against Bayern Munich, at the Allianz Arena.

And all in his first adventure as a starter with

Luis Suárez

.

That couple who seemed impossible to see on the grass, evidenced a good connection.

A very similar mix to the one with

Falcao

.

Only that last time with the Colombian, seven years have passed.

Diego participated in the play in which Suárez hit the target against Celta and was present in the other two sparks, including the last one that sent him head down to the stands.

"We try to adapt despite never having played together, we must be happy for the performance and for helping," explained the Uruguayan striker in Balaídos at the Movistar + microphones.

"I liked the mix of the two. The characteristics of the two allow them to play together," added Simeone.

Since his return to Atlético in January 2018, Costa has missed fifty games through injury.

Most of them after undergoing two operations: one on the left foot (2018) and the last, last winter, for a cervical disc herniation.

However, time now, more than ever in his career, is running against him.

Torreira, near 'casa'

A setback, on the day of Lucas Torreira's premiere.

The Uruguayan broke into the horn, at the close of the market, left with Uruguay and trained for the first time on Thursday.

More than enough time to form

a new midfield

with

Koke

at Atlético.

Galician blood runs through his veins, since one of his grandparents was from the Coruña municipality of Santa Comba.

So, what better place to debut in LaLiga than just over an hour's drive from its roots.

Lucas Torreira tries to stop Aspas Salvador SasEFE

The small midfielder (1.68) performed in Balaídos as if this had just been one more game as rojiblanco.

He stayed on his feet throughout the duel, cutting off the opponent's game and making the ball circulate with speed.

Far from going unnoticed, he signed a remarkable premiere.

And that fitting into Simeone's midfield is not an easy task, as

Héctor Herrera

can attest

, who ended up playing the last quarter of an hour to contain Celta and lend a hand to Torreira in the midfield.

"He is a hardworking boy and he competes very well. He will give us a lot of strength in the middle when he picks up the pace of the game", defined Simeone, who saw how his new player ended up suffocated and with physical problems.

A little because of the lack of activity with

Arsenal

, another little because of the exhausting adventure with Uruguay (Chile and Ecuador) and, of course, a good part because of the physical and tactical demands that this position demands in the Argentine coach's system.

At least it looks like the Cholo already has a reliable new part for its engine room.

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