Atletico Madrid dey face Athletic Club for Metropolitano tonight for jornada 32, and both sides don release their starting lineups.
Diego Simeone don pick Alexander Sorloth and Antoine Griezmann for attack, with Julian Alvarez dey rest for bench. The home team go play with Jan Oblak for goal, Marcos Llorente, Marc Pubill, Clement Lenglet and Matteo Ruggeri for defense, Giuliano Simeone, Pablo Barrios, Koke Resurreccion and Alex Baena for midfield, and Griezmann plus Sorloth up front.
For Athletic side, Ernesto Valverde go field Unai Simon; Andoni Gorosabel, Dani Vivian, Aitor Paredes, Yuri Berchiche; Alejandro Rego, Ruiz de Galarreta; Inaki Williams, Unai Gomez, Nico Williams; and Gorka Guruzeta.
Atletico dey come from four straight defeats for league, including 3-2 loss to Elche and cup final defeat to Real Sociedad. The team dey try recover form but dem get Champions League semifinal first leg against Arsenal for Wednesday. Jose Maria Gimenez dey out with injury, Thiago Almada dey suspended after red card last match.
Athletic dey come to Madrid with confidence after beating Osasuna 1-0 on Tuesday, their first clean sheet in four and a half months and first derby win this season. The victory push dem far from relegation and open Europa League hopes.
Both sides get players dey walk suspension tightrope: Atlético get Ruggeri, Lenglet, Baena, Nahuel Molina, Sorloth and Nico González; Athletic get Yuri Berchiche, Iñigo Ruiz de Galarreta, Aitor Paredes, Oihan Sancet and Alex Berenguer.
For Athletic, Yuri Berchiche, Aymeric Laporte and Yeray Álvarez recover from knocks and dey among 23-man squad. Left out be Iñigo Lekue, Unai Egiluz and Maroan Sannadi, plus injured Beñat Prados.
Referee for the match na Jesús Gil Manzano, with Pulido Santana for VAR.
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