Valladolid vs Atlético de Madrid, for the Spanish League: preview and line-ups, live

05/22/2021 9:19 AM

• Clarín.com

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Updated 05/22/2021 10:17 AM

Diego Simeone's Atlético de Madrid will try to take over the Spanish League for the 11th time this Saturday when they visit Valladolid in a match corresponding to the last date of the contest that will begin at 1 pm (DirecTV Sports will broadcast).

At the same time, Real Madrid, his escort and the only team that can snatch the title from him, will receive Villarreal (ESPN will broadcast).

The League will remain in the capital. It will be for the

Colchonero

, who arrives at the leading edge, with an advantage and depends on himself after rounding off a phenomenal campaign in which he stood at the top from end to end. Or it will be for

Merengue

, who had ups and downs from the start, gained confidence from the hand of Zinedine Zidane and reached a shot on the last day after betting everything on the Champions League and staying out in the semifinals.

Atlético reaches the definition with 83 points, two more than its neighbor.

If he triumphs in Valladolid, he will shout champion without having to look at what happens in Valdebebas.

A draw for Simeone's team would serve him only if Real Madrid does not win, since if they end up equal in points, the Zidane team will stay with the title due to the results of direct confrontations: 2-0 in the first round and 1- 1 in the Wanda Metropolitano.

Luis Suárez, greets the supporters who received the Atlético de Madrid squad on their arrival in Valladolid.

(Photo: Nacho Gallego / EFE)

In this game there is a decisive intruder: Valladolid, who is 19th and sees how his permanence in the first division hangs by a thread.

Sergio González, the coach of the Pucelano team, summed up: "From the carom we need, the most difficult thing for me is to win ourselves.

The Valladolid, who won 5 of the 37 games they played this season, not only need to surpass the tournament leader (with the tie they go down), but they will have to hope that Elche does not win against Athletic Club de Bilbao or that Huesca does not add three in front of Valencia.

“I bought the club with money from my pocket, there is no external investment, there is no investment fund, I have no partners.

It is a project of mine and I love that it is like that ”, says Ronaldo in the series that DAZN premieres on Thursday and tells part of the new life of the

Phenomenon

, which is the majority shareholder of the club and, according to say in Spain, he promised them 150 thousand euros to each footballer if they manage to maintain the category.

Diego Simeone will seek his eighth title on the Atlético de Madrid bench.

(Photo: Susana Vera / Reuters)

If Atlético, whose top scorer is Uruguayan Luis Suárez (he has 20), shouts champion, they will get their 11th league title and the second of the Simeone era.

If he succeeds,

Cholo

would reach eight trophies: he already has a League, a Copa del Rey, two Europa League, two European Super Cups and a Spanish Super Cup.

“We understand that always, at a game, everything is possible.

And, obviously, Valladolid's need is different from ours, but the same in terms of important goals for each one.

Each one will play with their weapons to take the game where they think it will be best.

It is a final where two teams fight for different goals, but very important and both will give up their lives to take that goal, ”remarked Simeone, the coach who won the most games on the Madrid team's bench (he has 315).

Probable formations

Atlético de Madrid:

Jan Oblak;

Kieran Trippier, Felipe, José María Giménez, Mario Hermoso;

Marcos Llorente, Koke, Saúl, Yannick Ferreira Carrasco;

Ángel Correa and Luis Suárez.

DT:

Diego Simeone.

Valladolid:

Jordi Masip;

Saidy Janko, Joaquín Fernández, Jawad El Yamiq, Lucas Olaza;

Pablo Hervías, Federico San Emeterio, Roque Mesa, Óscar Plano;

Shon Weissman and Marco André.

DT:

Sergio González.

Stadium:

José Zorrilla (Valladolid).

Referee:

José María Sánchez Martínez.

Start time:

13.

Transmission:

DirecTV Sports.

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