How will Simeone overcome key midfield absence?

In a group training session on Wednesday, Diego Simeone gave his first hint as to how he would cover the absence of starting midfielder Koke Resurreccion, with Saul Niguez and Nicolas Gaitan ready to fill in as needed, sending Angel Correa back to the bench.

As such, a bit of a positional reshuffling would take place, with Niguez in a more central role in the double pivot while Gaitan would take over on the right wing where Correa had been playing.

The rest of the XI for the scrimmage was as expected, except for goalkeeper Jan Oblak, who is still recovering from injury, so the recently returned Miguel Angel Moya took his place.