With the international break still in place, today marks the start of a new week in which club football will return to all countries around the world after almost two weeks. In the case of Atlético de Madrid , they are praying that no player suffers from the "fifa virus", although Pablo Barriosand Juan Musso have already had to leave the training camps due to discomfort . Something that, in principle, should not happen with Jan Oblak , although in the case of the Slovenian, other more striking factors would have to be analysed.
And the start of the season for the Atléticode Madrid goalkeeper is not what anyone expected. Currently, he has only conceded two goals in the first four league games, keeping a clean sheet on two occasions. Numbers that, despite being very good, do not cloud how strange these first few months have been for Jan Oblak .
Accident-prone preseason
And we must not forget that the Slovenian has already started the pre-season at a different pace to that of his teammates. The physical problems that he has had since the Euros forced him to work separately and not be able to play a single preparation match. Against Numancia, Getafe, Kitchee and Juventus , the minutes were shared between Moldovan and AntonioGomis .
However, from the first moment he was fit, DiegoPabloSimeone did not hesitate for a second to put him in the starting line-up. That was the case at Villarreal , where he received the only two goals he has conceded so far, where he was quite singled out. Both for Danjuma's goal and Koke 's own goal, many people demanded a higher level of judgement and attitude from Jan Oblak .
Two clean sheets before his health problems
Despite the accident at Villarreal , where the match ended 2-2, Jan Oblak made up for his mistakes with two consecutive clean sheets at the Cívitas Metropolitano . Both against Girona and RCD Espanyol , the legendary Atléticode Madrid goalkeeper managed to put the lock between the three Pablos. In addition, in each match he had some important plays where he prevented the result from changing.
However, when everything was going well, another bucket of cold water fell on Jan Oblak and Atlético deMadrid . And it is that, a few hours before the match at San Mamés , the colchonero club announced that the Slovenian goalkeeper would be out due to health problems. Something that forced Juan Musso to put on his gloves and debut in red and white after his new signing, and with a good performance, he did not receive a single goal from Athletic .
Now, another week is coming and we will have to keep a close eye on the progress of Jan Oblak , who did not play in Slovenia 's first match against Austria . Today will be the second test for his national team at 20:45, and we will find out if the red-and-white goalkeeper is fit enough to play. If this is not the case, Atlético de Madrid will have to evaluate what decision to make in order to prepare for Valencia CF 's visit to the Metropolitano this Sunday at 21:00.