Atlético put finishing touches to preparations for friendly against Inter | OneFootball

The Atlético de Madrid is finalizing preparations for the friendly match they will play tomorrow, Friday, October 10, at 18:00 against Inter Milan in Libya. The match will take place at the International Stadium of Benghazi and the winner will take home the Reconstruction Cup (FDLR).

Today they held their last training session in Madrid before flying tomorrow morning to the North African country, and Simeone was able to count on all his healthy and available players. This week, the new faces in the sessions have been José María Giménez, Thiago Almada, and Dávid Hancko. The Uruguayan defender and the Argentine attacker have trained at a high pace and at the same level as their teammates, and they are awaiting medical clearance to return to the field as soon as possible. In principle, Cholo will be able to count on them for the LaLiga match against Osasuna on the upcoming October 18.

Meanwhile, Hancko continues on paternity leave and is a question mark both for his national team and for Atlético itself: it is unknown whether he will travel to Libya with the club, join the Slovak national team, or stay in Madrid. His potential absence tomorrow is compounded by the confirmed absence of Johnny Cardoso, who is still recovering from his ankle sprain. Last week he was seen on the sidelines starting to step on grass and touch the ball, but in recent days there has been no sign of the American in training sessions.

The Internationals

In addition to Cardoso, the absences during these nearly two weeks of break will be those of the international players. Excluding Hancko, who is doubtful, there are eleven players currently representing their nations. Robin Le Normand, Marcos Llorente, Pablo Barrios, and Álex Baena have traveled with the Spanish National Team, which will play this Saturday night against Georgia. Nahuel Molina, Nico González, Giuliano Simeone, and Julián Álvarez have done the same with Argentina, whose first match will take place in the early hours of Friday to Saturday against Venezuela. Lastly, Jan Oblak will debut tomorrow with Slovenia against the Kosovar national team of Vedat Muriqi, and Giacomo Raspadori will do so on Saturday in the Estonia-Italy match, as will Alexander Sørloth in the game between Norway and Israel.

Due to all the absences caused by international matches, several players from Atlético Madrileño under Fernando Torres have joined the first team to complete the training sessions. Likewise, even players from Atlético C and Juvenil A like Izan Coulibaly and Dani Rubio, two goalkeepers, have completed this morning's session alongside Juan Musso.

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