The 30-year-old forward of Atletico Madrid is tormented by injuries. This time, the naturalized Brazilian will not do without surgery, which will knock him out for two months, according to the club.

Diego Costa is badly celebrating his return to Atletico Madrid. Chelsea's former striker scored three goals last season, and in the current La Liga season he scored one goal and made one assist. In parallel, the player is bothered by injuries.

At first, in October, Costa suffered a hip injury, due to which he missed matches against Betis and Villarreal. Then in November the Spaniard had to be treated because of a muscle injury. In his absence, the team played against Sant Andreu, Leganes and Borussia Dortmund. In the game against Barcelona, the forward suffered a leg injury after he opened the score three minutes earlier. Costa spent completely the last duel of Atletico against Girona, but after it turned out that the naturalized Spaniard required surgery on the metatarsal bone.

This injury has been bothering the attacker for 12 years. In 2006, he had surgery for the same reason, and now he risks remaining without playing practice until spring. Diego Simeone hopes that the player will recover for the playoffs of the Champions League, where the Mattressers secured advancement with Borussia Dortmund, leaving Monaco and Brugge behind.

In addition to Diego Costa, there is Antoine Griezmann in the roster of Simeone. But considering the 4-4-2 formation, according to which Atletico plays, the team needs one more rammer striker. In the current season, Kalinic and Martins performed such a role. However, for the 13 games that these players spent in total within La Liga, they did not score a single goal.

Although Atletico remain the team with the most reliable defense in Spain, having conceded 10 goals, there are complaints about the Madrid attack. If Simeone does not find a way out of the situation - the Indians will not take advantage of the loss of points of Barcelona and Real Madrid this season.