In clear recovery of form in recent weeks, Atlético de Madrid will have the opportunity to continue their good streak this Thursday. Diego Simeone’s team will face Club Polideportivo Cacereño, a Spanish fourth division team based in Caceres (kick-off at 7 p.m.). Seeded in the Copa alongside Real Madrid and FC Barcelona, Atlético should uphold its standing against this little guy.
Diego Simeone should make a large rotation for this match located in a busy schedule. The Argentine technician will have to do without Antoine Griezmann, not selected in the group.
“We will put the team that we believe can hurt Cacereño, a competitive team, that responds very well at home with good results in this last period. She will be dangerous, we already saw it against Madrid a year ago. I can’t imagine anything else compared to what we saw in the videos.”
The expected compositions
Cacereno : Grinon; Navas, Martinez, Crespo, Diego; Deco, Clausi, Bernal; Vineula, Salinas, Gimenez.
Atletico Madrid : Oblak; Llorente, Gimenez, Lenglet, Galan; Simeone, De Paul, Barrios, Gallagher; Correa, Alvarez.
Where to watch the match?
This Coupe du Roi match will be broadcast on L’Equipe Live Foot this Thursday from 7 p.m.