With Giménez absent from the squad, Simeone is not thinking about Arsenal for the time being.
Today’s match against Athletic has to help Atleti build confidence for what is coming against Arsenal next week. Simeone knows it, and that is why he is not hiding anything, at least not in the squad list.
Giménez, Nico González, Lookman and Hancko are the main absentees from a squad in which names like Julián, Griezmann and Baena are all included.
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