A month ago, with the market closing on the horizon, Héctor Herrera (Tijuana, 1990) decided that he wanted to give himself a second chance at Atlético.
The decision caught the rojiblanco club a bit by surprise, since his departure was essential to be able to make room for
Lucas Torreira
.
So the Uruguayan midfielder had to stay sheltered in a hotel, waiting for an exit to be made.
To general surprise, the one who ended up making room for him was Thomas, after Arsenal paid the 50 million clause.
Although that's another story.
The normal thing is that Thomas and Torreira would have taken command of the operations in the spinal cord and that Herrera walked away today, perhaps back to Porto, where no one has forgotten him.
But this afternoon, at El Sadar, he will take the helm again, as he has done in the two Champions League games.
Both nights muddied, yes, by two gross errors in the ball exit that both Bayern and Salzburg took advantage of to tear down
Oblak's
wall
.
Without
Saúl
, who hastens his recovery and could be back for the European duel in Moscow, and with Thomas in London, his figure is vital so that the red-and-white engine room can fuel without suffocation.
Despite these recent shorts, the Aztec is clear that he is not going to lower his arms.
Life, with humble origins, has put a shell on him and that is why his head is almost bomb-proof.
Because among the shadows he has also shown some sparkles like the delicate gift to
Joao Félix
last Tuesday, which ended with the Portuguese crashing the ball on the crossbar with a fantasy Chilean.
His entry into the second half against Betis coincided with the notable improvement of his team, which had capsized at the start.
And in character, after wearing the Oporto captain's armband for several years, there are few who surpass him in the current Atlético de Madrid squad.
«To play for Atlético you have to do it fighting until the end, that's how they let you know.
We never give up, "he proclaimed after the win in Munich.
The message is well internalized.
He arrived free a little over a year ago and has a contract until 2022. Although his endeavor is to convince
Simeone
that he is the midfielder he is looking for and to avoid that in the next market, with the financial strains that the rojiblanco club is experiencing with the crisis of Covid-19, have the exit door open again.
Today Atlético returns to El Sadar, where only four months ago they scored a win (0-5) that allowed them to take off towards the Champions League.
That night it was Herrera who led the operations.
Simeone will rest Luis Suárez.
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