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22.02.2022 - 10:49 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
Atletico Madrid will resist any temptation to throw Antoine Griezmann back into the line-up against Manchester United, preferring to take a 'risk' with Luis Suarez instead.
Having returned to the Wanda Metropolitano on loan from Barcelona last summer, Griezmann has been nursing a muscular injury and has featured only once for Atletico since mid-December.
He was an unused substitute on Saturday afternoon, meanwhile, as Diego Simeone and his team beat Osasuna in their final outing before the Champions League last-16 opener with United on Wednesday night (8pm).
Suarez netted his ninth goal of the La Liga season against Osasuna.
But while the Uruguayan is into the twilight of his career at 35, the former Liverpool striker is expected to head up Atletico's attacking charge in the first leg.
Speaking on The Debate, former United striker and La Liga expert Terry Gibson said: "I think he will go 4-4-2 and I don't think [Antoine] Griezmann will start. He has been missing for quite a while through injury and it was a bit of a surprise that he was back on the bench [against Osasuna] - and he still didn't come on.
"I don't think it's conceivable that he will play. Suarez got a fantastic goal on Saturday and is still a deadly finisher, but he literally doesn't give you anything else. He doesn't participate and you have to set him up with the chances and he will take them.
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"But it's getting harder to create chances for a player who's not as mobile or dynamic as he once was."
Gibson added: "I think they will stick to a front two. I would be surprised if it wasn't Suarez and [Joao] Felix.
"I also see the merits in not playing Suarez, but because it's at home
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