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PAUL BROTONS
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The presence of Ilias Kostis and Adrián Niño It has been the main novelty in the call offered by Diego Pablo Simeone for the first defense of the red and white leadership in Butarque. The Atlético B youth squad completes the roster in light of the absences of Giménez and Sörloth.
Until then everything is normal. Central defense for central defense and forward for forward. Taking into account that the first team plays on Saturday and the important commitment of the subsidiary in the First Federation (immersed in the fight for promotion) it is on Sunday against Recreativo (5:30 p.m.)both Kostis and Niño could very well travel to Huelva, after the Leganés clash, to make themselves available to Fernando Torres in the meeting with the dean.
But it will not be like that, at least in the case of Niño, because the inclusion of the Rota forward on the list will not be punctual. Alexander Sörloth’s injury leaves Atlético’s offensive lame and Simeone’s intention is for the reserve team’s top scorer to remain in the first team, at least until the Norwegian is able to return to the playing field. And when that moment comes, we will see what happens with the youth squad until the end of the season.
Adrián Niño has scored five goals in 18 games played this season under the orders of Fernando Torres, the coach with whom he exploded in 22/23 as a youth player, scoring a whopping 36 goals in 33 games. To his credit there is an unprecedented record and that is having been able to score at least one goal in the six games of the group stage of the Youth League. In 23/24, already in the B ranks with Luis García Tevenet, Niño scored nine goals in 37 games.
It is now up to Torres to try to alleviate the absence of his main offensive reference. In that sense, the incorporation of Borja Garces After leaving behind his serious cruciate ligament injury, it is good news. In his first minutes against Algeciras there were glimpses of what he can offer in Atlético B’s fight to stay in the positions that give the right to play in the playoff for promotion to the Second Division at the end of the season.
