Atletico Madrid has confirmed a matchday squadron of 22 players on Wednesday evening for their Champions League against Liverpool, and there are some striking absent.
The Laliga-outfit came to Anfield for the third time in six seasons, after he had lost 2-0 on their most recent visit in the group phase 2021/22, but eliminated the Reds from the competition in the round of 16 in March 2020.
The side of Diego Simeone was given an injury anxiety during the weekend when Julian Alvarez was replaced during the break in their 2-0 win against Villarreal, who aroused doubts about his involvement in their European opener on Merseyside.
Atletico Confirm MatchDay Squad for Liverpool Clash
On Tuesday morning, Atletico confirmed to their Official English Language X Profile That the Argentina striker is not until their team of 22 players to compete against Liverpool tomorrow night.
Jose Maria Gimenez, Johnny Cardoso, Thiago Almada and Alex Baena are also absent for Los Rojiblancos, although David Hancko, Robin le Normand and Nico Gonzalez have been recorded despite the weekend win over Villarreal.
Atletico can still be powerful despite the absence of Alvarez
Have scored 29 goals in 54 games For Atletico last season, the former Manchester City striker will clearly be a big loss for Simeone’s side against Liverpool, which has calculated the profit foreling model of OPTA as the most likely winner of the Champions League 2025/26.
Although the visitors will of course miss the 25-year-old, they still have a dangerous attack in Antoine Griezmann and Alexander Sorloth, who were informed 41 goals between them last term And Virgil van Dijk and Ibrahima Konate will certainly keep their toes.
Fortunately, the Reds almost have a completely clean health glass for tomorrow’s game, with Curtis Jones and Stefan Bajcetic the only players currently put off and Alexis Mac Allister hints that it should be good, despite his knock in the victory over Burnley on the weekend.
Arne Slot will offer a more detailed update when he talks to the media later this afternoon, and hopefully there will be no late worries for Liverpool if they start their Champions League campaign.
Although Alvarez’s absence in particular will be a blow to Atletico, we never like players being low by an injury, and we wish the Argentinian a fast recovery.
You can view the full Atletico Madrid team list for the Liverpool game below, via, @Atleti Glish on X:
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