At this time, Atlético de Madrid is traveling to Libya for the friendly match they will play this afternoon against Inter Milan, at 18:00 Spanish time. For this, Simeone has already announced the 22 red and white players who will be part of the call-up for the Atlético – Inter Milan match.
From the first team, the presence of José María Giménez, who returns to a list three and a half months later, and that of Thiago Almada, who returns from injury, stands out. Traveling with them are Juan Musso, Conor Gallagher, Koke, Antoine Griezmann, Carlos Martín, Marc Pubill and Javi Galán.
Due to the eleven internationals who are concentrated with their respective teams and are not part of the team’s dynamics these two weeks of break, Cholo has called up several players from The Academy to complete the call-up. From Fernando Torres‘ Atlético Madrileño, Mario de Luis, Aleksa Purix, Ilias Kostis, Carlos Giménez, Javi Serrano, Jorge Castillo, Jorge Rajado and Omar Janneh join. From Atlético C, Darío Frey, Juan Alegre and Jesús Barrios are going.
Finally, Hancko continues on paternity leave and also does not travel with Atlético in the call-up to face Inter Milan. In addition to the internationals and him, Johnny Cardoso is also missing, the only injured player who remains in the infirmary and who has not been present in the training sessions these days.
The match will be played at the renovated International Stadium of Benghazi and the winner will take the Reconstruction Cup (FDLR). In addition, the match has a clear underlying political message: after a difficult decade in the social, political and economic sphere, they want to show that the situation in the North African country has improved.
