Atletico Madrid in injury crisis before match against Granada – La Liga Special
Gregorio Manzano has a selection headache as he takes Atletico Madrid to Los Carmenes with as many as three first team players unavailable due to injury problems.
Los Rojiblancos will be without the services of team captain Antonio Lopez, Turkish winger Arda Turan and Portuguese left-back Silvio.
Antonio Lopez has picked up an adductor problem in training. The thirty-year-old player succumbed to a grade I-II right hamstring injury and has been ruled out of the match against El Grana.
Left winger Turan sustained a right hamstring injury on international duty in mid-week and has been rendered out of action for at least two weeks.
Altetico are far from happy with the situation as Turan has gooten injured on international duty for the second time this season.
Full-back Silvio, on the other hand, is a doubt for the match against Granada. The Portuguese international has had a relapse of his groin injury and missed Portugal’s last two Euro 2012 qualifiers and faces a race against time to be fit for the La Liga
encounter.
The injury woes have been coupled with the late arrivals of players from international duty. Trio of http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/America-c38390. They reported to training on Friday, one day
before the scheduled fixture. Needless to say, Atletico preparations for the game have been severely jolted.
Los Rojiblancos are worried about their team’s recent performances. After a string of two successive four goal thrillers, Atletico lost to http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/FC-Barcelona-c39078 in humiliating manner before being held to an unimpressive draw at home by Sevilla.
However, they have a seemingly easy tie against relegation candidates Granada, who have lost four of their opening six matches.
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