Diego Pablo Simeone is facing the absence of several players due to his international commitments. In this case, the situation at Atlético Madrid is more favorable than in other cases, as some of the international players are injured and unable to join their national teams. Despite this, Simeone will have to face a shortage of ten players over the next few days.
Cesar Azpilicueta and Alvaro Morata, called by the Spanish team, joined the concentration in Ciudad del Futbol de Las Rosas on Monday 4 September. Both are part of a team that will face Sweden on September 8 in Tbilisi and Cyprus on September 12 in Grenada in the Eurocup qualification deciders.
Antoine Griezmann He will also be busy with the French national team at home to the Republic of Ireland on 7 September before heading to the important game against Germany on 12 September. Goalkeeper Jan Oblak returns to the Slovenian national team after missing previous matches due to a neck injury. Slovenia will play Northern Ireland on 7 September and then visit San Marino on Sunday 10th.
Stefan Savic He was also called up to his national team for the Eurocup qualifiers. He will travel to Lithuania for the game on 7 September and will close the international window with the home game against Bulgaria on Sunday 10. However, what concerns Simeone the most is the three Atlético Madrid players called up to the Argentina national team: Rodrigo de Paul, Angel Correa and Nahuel Molina. They will play Ecuador on September 8 before traveling to La Paz to face Bolivia on September 12. These long trips and the altitude in La Paz are worrying the coach. The matches are part of the CONMEBOL qualifiers and it is likely that they will take place in time for the match against Valencia.
Except, Chaglar Soyuncu was called up to the Turkish national team to face Armenia on Friday 8 September and then play a friendly match against Japan on Tuesday 12 September. Finally, Pablo Barrios He was called up to the Spain under-21 squad for the category’s first European Championship qualifiers in 2025, where they will face Malta and Scotland. It is also worth mentioning that Alejandro Iturbe He is on the list even though Iturbe is from the club’s sister club and plays in the First RFEF.