Alvarez joins Pablo Barrios and Alexander Sørloth on the sidelines, severely depleting Simeone’s squad depth for a notoriously difficult away fixture. With both the Argentine and the Norwegian unavailable, Jonathan David remains the only recognised senior striker option in the traveling party. Simeone named an extensive squad including Musso, Vergas, Mendoza, Johnny, Koke, Han In, Baena, Lookman, Oblak, Marcos Llorente, Arnau Ortiz, Hancko, Marc Pubill, Giuliano Simeone, Cuti Romero, Grimaldo, Hjulmand, Le Normand, Esquivel, Domínguez, Martínez, and Castillo, but options up front are undeniably thin.
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