De Paul in penance?: Simeone kept him on the bench for the whole game

The situation of Rodrigo de Paul inside Atletico Madrid It’s still surprising and worrying. After being one of the key pieces of the Selection in the consecration in Qatar World Cup 2022His return to the Colchonero team was far from the dream. Indeed, the Argentinian midfielder has not added minutes for Aleti since his return to the club.

Today at Paul’s He doesn’t seem to be an alternative for Diego Simeone and this Sunday, in the 1-1 draw against Almería, he left him on the bench again. With the match tied, Cholo looked for alternatives to aim for victory in the second half. Indeed, he made all five changes, but none were for the Argentinian player. And, despite having situations to put himself back in front, it wasn’t effective and ended up turning the local goalkeeper into a figure.

Thus, De Paul hasn’t played for almost a month. His last match was on December 18, 2022 against France in the World Cup final. Although Cholo has not spoken about the subject until now, in Spain the press one already speaks broken relationship and the club’s desire to sell him to recover the investment made by buying his pass from Udinese in exchange for 35 million euros.

All Aleti’s matches since De Paul’s return

Since the restart of post-World Cup activity, Atlético de Madrid He played five games, although the first was on December 22ndwhen it’s Rodrigo What Angelo Correa Y Nahuel Molinaboth starters against Almería, they still hadn’t returned to the club.

The return to the team was only to face the Elche, also for the League, although none of the three played. After being recognized for the title in Qatar, Correa went to the bank, but both De Paul and Molina saw it from the audience. The midfielder joined the training sessions with a nuisance in his right hamstring, the same injury that had been dragging on since the World Cupfor which he also lost the match against Real Oviedo for the Copa del Rey.

Already recovered, last Sunday He came on as a substitute in the defeat against Barcelona and the same thing happened this weekend against Almería. Will Cholo give him another chance?