Atletico Madrid striker, Diego Costa will be out of actions for the Spanish club side with a foot injury, and he will be operated next Wednesday in Brazil.
“He left the soul, is making an effort,” Simeone slipped into the very bowels of Montilivi . There is perhaps no better definition possible to comment on what Diego Costa drew this Sunday on the grass of the Girona field.
Because, we must not forget, the striker has a battered foot and an operation pending to compete at the highest level what remains of the season. But, as we told in MARCA, he asked to play this game despite his condition … and the Argentine coach said yes, knowing how it is of the spirit of the striker.
His physical condition will force him to go through the operating room next Wednesday in Brazil, according to ‘El Transistor’ by Onda Cero and Radio MARCA. The goal is to stop playing with discomfort and be prepared to face the knockout stages of the Champions League.
All this El Cholo knows and all this is key to understanding the over- effort that the one of Lagarto in Montilivi signed. Already in the warm-up it was evident in the gestures that it would not be easy for him to complete the 90 minutes at a decent level.
But he did, well he did. He signed some of the best rojiblancas plays and even tried a shot from Chile that he could not connect. For the 19 there are no pains that are worth, there is no situation that prevents you, Simeone dixit, leave the soul on the green.
Hence, it was he who starred in the play that ended the final draw. He did not hobble it, but it was crucial for Ramalho to finish sending the ball to the back of his own goal.
But Costa would not be Costa without his outbursts and was also the protagonist of several plays in which he faced the whole world.With his teammates, when they did not find him in the pass, and with the rivals, when he got close and was close to being sent off.
ON THE EXPECTATION
The Girona test served to prove that Costa is capable of holding 90 minutes in a poor physical condition and doing so for a team that does not have too many offensive forces, but also to doubt whether it is possible to withstand the demanding pace of competition with the standing well .
Seeing him on the lawn arouses doubts. Listening to his coach it is clear that the Argentine does not want to lose him. Hard decision.