Trippier and the curse of the '2' rojiblanco

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A few months after leaving Atlético and a few days before receiving his tribute at the Wanda Metropolitano, Juanfran Torres (Crevillente, 1985) revealed from Sao Paulo, in an interview with this newspaper, how that casting had been to sign a '2 '.

"I spoke with the coach before I left, when I had already made the decision. I already knew the sides that he had in his head and we were talking about them. About Trippier and several others. With him and with Santi [Arias], the right wing It is well covered ", ventured the former rojiblanco.

Obviously, his opinion on the matter, become one of the pillars of Simeone's ship, and a piece of the club's history, carried a lot of weight.

However, the journey is being bumpy.

On Wednesday night, at dawn still in his second season in Madrid, Kieran Trippier (30 years old), arms akimbo, tried to catch his breath, overwhelmed by the gale of the European champion.

Four years ago (2016), Juanfran also suffered a good storm on his head at the Allianz Arena.

Only, miraculously, after the cyclone, the sky opened wide for Atlético.

The fact is that the British side did not have a single moment of respite.

On his flank, Bayern, and

in particular, began to forge the win.

First it was a shot from the French.

Later, a center that took down a cross projectile from the Herculean

.

And so ... Trippier spent more time in the grass, licking his wounds, than showing himself to someone else's field.

Anything less sell (even more) your back.

He completed up to 10.5 kilometers, being only surpassed in his team by

(11.8),

(11.2),

(10.8) and

(10.6), in that order, according to UEFA .

Bayern were always clear about where they could unseat Atlético.

In any case, the English player, for whom Atlético paid Tottenham 25 million in the summer of 2019, was just one more victim of that team-smashing machine that is today

Bayern

.

Felipe, unapproachable in that epic page written in Anfield, walked trembling and vulnerable.

And Oblak, despite making no mistakes, also found no answer for any of the four German claws.

Lodi also sweated ink, as against Liverpool, but did not hesitate to take to the mountains, in search of adventures in the rival area.

He was the protagonist in some of the best occasions for his team, such as that center that Luis Suárez did not manage to finish off, when the match had just started.

Simeone's system has never been understood without wings.

Juanfran and Filipe Luis, two icons of cholism, gave meaning to a handful of great European nights.

Like the one at Stamford Bridge (2014), where the Spanish side sectioned Chelsea from

, heading for the final in Lisbon.

Against Bayern, that right lane remained silent.

And that Trippier brings together a good part of the ingredients that are required of a good winger, including precision in their centers.

He even came in charge of executing set pieces.

Last year he served up to five goal balls.

In that respect alone, English is one step ahead of its predecessor, with whom it never lived.

When his signing was announced (July 2019), Juanfran was already preparing his suitcases to travel to Brazil.

Without a rest

Trippier, whom

christened

upon arrival, has played all five games of the season as a starter.

All to the end.

And he has done it, apart from his conditions, because Simeone has no other alternative.

, who pressed for the position last year, as he did with Juanfran in his first season, was loaned to Leverkusen (with an option to buy) to solve Atlético's financial woes.

Shortly after landing in Germany, the Colombian fractured his left fibula during a match with his national team and ended up undergoing surgery in Madrid under the supervision of the doctors of the rojiblanco club and Bayer.

If his recovery is normal, he will continue his story in the German country.

And

, who reappeared in the team's emergency room in an intense month of February, and has hardly been seen again, continues to try to recover from his knee problems.

Circumstances that call into question the club's sports planning.

So, the wings of the plane are as they are.

Because on the left side, the alternatives to

, which also had the blessing of his compatriot Filipe Luis, are the youth squad

, who gave an assist in Balaídos and did not even travel to Munich, and

, whose body and soul is central.

And Saúl, of course.

Perhaps that is why Simeone looked askance at

, each time he dropped barely a meter from his technical area.

The transition, at least in the bands, is not over yet.

Nor is it close to doing so.

"We lived in a bubble for eight years," recalled Juanfran a year ago, a winger converted to a right-back who made Simeone's life much easier.

The Argentine coach, as he often repeats, has no choice but to insist.

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