If not before in the next game in Copa del Rey it will hardly be. We refer to the premiere of Ivan Saponjic in the current season of
Atlético de Madrid
. The match against him Cardassar, A team of Third division, it seems like an opportunity to see the Serbian with the rojiblanca.
Perhaps he is not starting against the modest Balearic team but he could have minutes throughout the game. We already say that if it is not now it does not look like it will be able to be. For Simeone It is an almost invisible signing. His reflections in this regard have been limited to saying on several occasions that he spoke with the player and he knows what the situation is.
Which is the same as saying it doesn’t count. The player knows it, but keeps working in the hope of having at least a minute. One of the last episodes that shows where it is in the estimation of the Cholo, it was in the shock of Champions before him Locomotive. He Athletic played without Costa ni Suarez, for medical problems. And in the final stretch of the clash, needing a goal to win, the coach took out Camel instead of a Saponjic.
That it took almost 200 days from his arrival to have a minute should have already made it clear that it was not going to be easy for him. Signed last summer from the subsidiary of Benfica, their appearances have been counted in the official matches of the rojiblanco team under the orders of Diego Simeone. He has only played two games: 54 minutes against the Cultural Leonesa in the Copa del Rey (2-1) and ten in front of Leganes in LaLiga (0-0), on January 23 and 26, respectively. He has no more minutes.
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The Balkan player seeks his first official goal with him Athletic. He already did it in two friendlies, against him Numantia and against him Almeria, showing that perhaps he does have something more than what they have let him see. Let’s remember that he was the U-20 world champion with
Serbia sharing front with Luka Jovic, player of the Real Madrid.
In summer he had options to go out, especially to Celtic
, but the operations did not take place and it ended up being in the Athletic. The next winter market will open for him with the same intention, to find a place where he does have opportunities.
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