Costa Will Play – Simeone Ready For Barca
Atletico Madrid coach Diego Simeone is preparing his wards to face Barcelona at camp Nou for the La Liga crown tomorrow, he has assured their fans that star forward Diego Costa will lead the attack.
* Diego Simeone & Diego Costa
Costa had missed Athletico's last game against Malaga (1-1), If they had won that game they would have been crowned Champions with a game to go.
The Spanish international has been Athletico highest goal scorer this campaign banking in an impressive 36 goals for the Los Rojiblancos.
Costa said: “He is fine. Today he ended the training session again without any problems. Tomorrow he will play from the start,” Simeone said at his pre-match press conference on Friday.
Athletico need to avoid defeat to seal their 10th La Liga championship, They are going into the clash with favourable results against Barca, having not lost to them in five meetings this season.
Simeone also admitted that he didn't expect they would be in this position now, being the first Spanish club outside of Barca and Real Madrid to win the League in the last 10 years.
He said: “I never imagined a situation where at one point we were seven points ahead of Madrid and six in front of Barca, albeit they had games in hand. “Even then, though, Barca never gave up and that is a very important value for them. “We have two rivals who always compete to be where we are. Normally they win all the time but this year it hasn’t been like that.”
After this game Simeone's men are off to face Real Madrid in the Champions league Final.
Source: Legit.ng
