Di dream to reach Second Division dey Alcalá. Atlético Madrileño don turn dia home ground into fortress with six wins straight to finish di season.
Di first leg end 0-0, so all di emotion dey for di return match. Fernando Torres get one big problem: Iker Luque see red card for di first half of di battle for El Toralín. He go miss di return match and also any hypothetical final because of three-match ban for pulling hair. Atlético don appeal am.
But back to di match wey dey now: na absence for di right side wey need solution. Torres fit use Cubo for attack and move Llorente to di wing. Dat one na di most offensive option. To strengthen di midfield na another idea wey El Niño dey consider. Koke Mota na di natural replacement for dat position, even though he no get plenty chances dis season. For di rest, no much change, with di usual Simeone players in full B-team dynamics: Julio Díaz, Boñar, Dani Martínez, Rayane, Cubo, Morcillo.
Ponferradina come with only one possible: win, win, or win. Because if di match end draw after extra time, Atlético go go to final based on better league position. Nafti no go change im starting team too much, and he lose Frimpong as option from di bench. Vasco no dey too. Di coach fit put Cortés or Pau Ferrer for Slavy position for attack, and he fit use Jorrín for right back and move Koke to Calderón position. Di coach dey ask for “cold head and hot body,” no rush even though dem need to score. And he dey expect a long match. Because every detail dey important. And promotion dey for di line.
Di SD Ponferradina dey play for pass to di final round against almost unbeatable Atlético Madrileño for home. For di Berciano side, draw after extra time no go work, so dem go need to take risk. Borja Valle fit play. Di match come dis Saturday for di return leg of playoff for promotion to Second Division. Dem get up to 120 minutes to score. But because dem get worse league position, if di match end draw after extra time, Ponferradina go out. So dem go need to take risk. Dem go need to change dia away form against top teams, because dem only win for di ground of one of di top eight teams. Both coaches dey expect similar match to last week, but Atlético get five straight home wins and only lose one match for Alcalá de Henares complex, di only scoreline wey no go work for dem against Ponferradina. Another fact: Atlético don force 19 red cards for opponents.
Borja Valle fit play, but Frimpong no go play. Calderón join di squad last night after becoming father and no travel with di team. Vasco and Vlad Kysil dey out. If di captain no play, Keita fit come for attacking midfield and Borja Valle go move to left wing. Atlético dey try to reach final and return to a category wey dem no play since 1999-2000. Fernando Torres no fit use Iker Luque because of suspension. Koke Mota or Hueso fit take dat right wing position. But Rayane Belaid or Rafa Llorente fit also move to dat wing. Dem also miss Kostis (injured) and Sits (with national team). Di temperature go be 30 degrees Celsius at kickoff. Di history no favour SD Ponferradina. For nine visits to Atlético, dem lose seven, draw one, and win only one. Di draw na for 2018-2019 season, di same year dem last promote to Second Division. Di win na for September 2000, and Fernando López, ‘Schuster’, score di only goal.
