Boost for Barcelona & Real Madrid: Atlético to be without two key players for Villarreal clash | OneFootball

La Liga table-toppers Atlético Madrid are set to be without the services of a pair of key players for the club’s next fixture.

This comes owing to developments in Atléti’s meeting with Leganés.

Diego Simeone’s troops are of course fresh off an outing to forget on Saturday.

After making the trip to Leganés riding high in the midst of a historic 15-game win streak, the Rojiblancos were brought crashing back down to earth.

This came after Antoine Griezmann fluffed his lines from the penalty spot in injury time, ensuring that Matija Nastasić’s finish early in the 2nd-half proved decisive come the full-time whistle.

And yet, as alluded to above, the eventual outcome did not represent the only blow for Atlético at The Estadio Municipal de Butarque.

This comes with the capital giants having also been dealt a double blow on the personnel front.

Owing to their respective fifth yellow cards of the campaign, Javi Galán and Clément Lenglet have picked up one-game suspensions.

The defensive pair will in turn be unavailable for selection for Atlético’s next domestic outing, against Villarreal next weekend.

Conor Laird – GSFN