Héctor Herrera is ready to return to play for Atlético de Madrid, but the Mexican seems to have little chance of starting
Mexican footballer Héctor Herrera returned to training this week with the rest of his Atlético de Madrid teammates, but it looks very difficult for ‘Zorro’ to regain his place in the starting box with the Colchoneros leading the standings .
Herrera, 30, missed the last six LaLiga games and also missed the two games the Madrid team played in the Copa del Rey due to muscle problems. Now in top shape, the Baja California native Rosarito may not have many chances to play and regain his place in the star eleven.
In his last games, Diego ‘El Cholo’ Simeone has used the 3-1-4-2 line-up with Marcos Llorente and Thomas Lemar as the midfield owners. For their part, Koke and Saúl haveíguez have combined in containment.
With this scheme Simeone and his company are in first place in the standings with 44 points. The Colchoneros are seven points ahead of Real Madrid, second in the table, and it should be noted that Atlético has two more games ahead.
A statistic against Herrera’s chances of starting over is that the rojiblanco team won all the games they played without the Mexican. Since their loss to Real Madrid, a game in which Héctor started, on December 12, Atlético have had six consecutive victories in the Spanish championship.
A factor in Héctor Herrera’s favor, however, is that the Champions League round of 16 starts in February and Diego Simeone can make rotations in his starting squad. The Aztecs could take advantage of this scenario to regain their place.
Atlético de Madrid’s next match is against Valencia and Héctor Herrera can be taken into account in the match.