Radamel Falcao is still injured and will miss the match with Rayo Vallecano against Atlético de Madrid

Colombian striker Radamel Falcao, who is recovering from a muscle injury, will not play this day with Rayo Vallecano against his former team, Atletico Madrid, after spending the whole week without training with the group.

Falcao, who has suffered a small muscle injury in the twin for three weeks, is still on the sidelines of the group and his return is waiting for him to improve from those discomfort that have kept him from playing since February 26 against Real Madrid.

This muscle injury suffered by the Colombian has already prevented him from playing in the second leg of the Copa del Rey semifinals against Betis and the last two league matches against Cadiz and Sevilla. It will also prevent him from playing a special match against Atlético de Madrid, where he played for two seasons, from 2011 to 2013, and with which he scored 70 goals in 91 matches.

Falcao, who has been unscored for twelve games, has played 20 official matches with Rayo this season, eight as the starter, and scored five goals.

Falcao's loss continues to be a major setback for Andoni Iraola, as the Madrid team is going through a major crisis with the goal. In the nine league matches he has been playing this season, he has scored only three goals and none have been from his strikers.

The Vallecas Stadium, where Sevilla already stumbled last day (1-1), threatens an Atlético de Madrid who lives in the cloud after his move to the Champions League quarterfinals and their six-game streak without losing, although this Rayo Vallecano is not the team that amazed in the first round.

From Manchester to Vallecas, Atletico has to quickly change the chip if it wants to win the fifth straight league victory this Saturday. The struggle to listen to the music of the 'Champions' again next season does not stop and the rojiblancos have three pursuers: Betis on two points, Real Sociedad at four and Villarreal at six

Beyond the European success, the truth is that Atlético won Cádiz (2-1) with a fairly improvable image, and against Rayo a rival is waiting for him to demand, especially for the bands. Tiredness can make its mark on the hosts of 'Cholo', who admitted that he valued changes for this reason, although he did not give clues about a specific eleven, either in the press room or in training.

Rayo Vallecano's final day's draw against Sevilla ended with a streak of six consecutive losses in the league of the Madrid team, but it did not stop the scoring drought that the team's strikers are experiencing, who have not scored a single goal so far in 2022 in the championship.

Nine league matches and only three goals. That is the balance of Lightning so far this year, in which they have only scored two points out of twenty-seven at stake and have not yet won, a record that has caused the team to collapse in the standings but which, due to the income it was carrying from the first round, is not causing it to have too much trouble.

The good news for the Basque coach is that he recovers the two starting wingers, Isi Palazón and Álvaro García, who were out by sanction against Sevilla and are likely to return to the starting eleven.

The main question lies in the goal, since throughout the season Iraola has been alternating Frenchman Luca Zidan and Macedonian Stole Dimitrievski, who played last day.

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