Injuries, relapses and another puzzle that falls apart for Simeone: the (usual) drama of injuries at Atlético

Last Saturday, already in the twilight of February, with less than three months of competition ahead, Diego Pablo Simeone repeated against Celta starting 11 for the first time all season.

It was just a mirage because his bet, which he looked quite in tune, collapsed that same night.

, splendid in those two starts in a row, retired with discomfort in a thigh before the end.

And Stefan

, who was able to complete the duel, was found to have muscle overload three days later, when everyone trembled from a break.

The next day, it was announced that

, who played only eight minutes in the last three games, after another positive for covid, suffered from a problem in the adductor.

With that triple disappointment, when the misfortunes seemed to be, at last, part of the past, Atlético now has 29 muscle injuries, as detailed by Marca a few days ago.

A figure higher than that of all of last season, but still below the 35 he suffered in 18/19.

' hamstring microtear on Thursday

, have seen each other

even more punished.

A reality that, obviously, does not serve as consolation in the face of one's own ills.

For a long time, the matter of injuries at Atlético has been a little less than taboo subject.

In these years, there have even been occasional absences for which an official diagnosis has not been given.

Some, of course, of a muscular nature.

Such has been the caliber in recent times that he even gave to create, in an almost humorous tone, a Twitter account called Medical Report, regarding the casualties in the rojiblanco club.

frictions

It is an issue that bothers (and a lot) within the club, due to the friction generated by each physical mishap between the different departments.

That of physical preparation, led by

, that of readaptation, with

as the visible head, and the medical staff, with Dr.

at the helm.

For whatever reason, Atlético still hasn't found a solution to one of its biggest headaches.

This season, furthermore, even Simeone was publicly upset, after

was injured again, when his physical problems were considered overcome.

The Frenchman, by the way, had never suffered any physical mishap until he fell at the Santiago Bernabéu.

Against Majadahonda, in the Cup, he barely lasted 19 minutes on the green and ended up leaving in tears.

Atlético was left without him to face the Super Cup, in Arabia, and the cup tie against Real.

Two resounding slaps in a January more difficult than ever for the rojiblancos.

three relapses

"So many relapses worry me, it's not normal," the Argentine coach reflected aloud on January 7.

“I am concerned, I am concerned and we will try to find solutions because, obviously, it is not normal for relapses to be three of what they were,” he added.

And it was not simply because of the precipitous return of Griezmann, whose scar from the previous injury (on his right thigh) had opened, the precipitous returns of Marcos Llorente, another guy who seemed unbreakable, and

, in the autumn.

A little over a month ago, when Atlético was going through its worst moment, in the club's offices they referred to the absence of Savic, who has missed 10 games so far due to injury, as one of the keys to that anxiety.

The center-back will not be against Betis, in a vital match to win the Champions League.

Atlético continues to hurt in the same place.

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