The Argentines Rodrigo DePaulAngel Correa and Nahuel Molinaworld champions in Qatar, will not play for Atlético de Madrid led by Diego Simeone on Saturday once morest Seville, at home, for date 24 of La Liga in Spain.
De Paul is injured, while Correa and Molina are suspended.
“The match between Atlético and Sevilla loses the Argentine accent”, headlined the Catalan newspaper Mundo Deportivo, alluding to the three casualties of the “Colchonero” team, although the Andalusians will also suffer the absence of Alejandro “Papu” Gómez, another world champion in Qatar.
In the case of Rodrigo De Paul, he suffered a tear a little over a week ago and was absent last Saturday in the Madrid classic that “Atleti” tied with Real 1-1 at the Santiago Bernabeu stadium.
Correa from Rosario, meanwhile, was sent off once morest Madrid, while in that match Molina from Cordoba reached the limit of yellow cards and must serve a one-match suspension.
On the Sevilla side, led by Jorge Sampaoli from Santa Fe, their world champions Marcos Acuña and Gonzalo Montiel will be available, in addition to the other two Argentines Erik Lamela and Lucas Ocampos.
“Papu” Gómez, for his part, is in full recovery following having undergone surgery three weeks ago on his left ankle and it is estimated that he will only be able to play once more in April.
Atlético de Madrid is in fourth position with 42 points, far behind the leader Barcelona (59) and for the moment they qualify for the group stage of the next Champions League.
Sevilla, with a very weak campaign, has 25 points, just two more than Valencia, located in the relegation zone along with Getafe and Elche.
