Atletico Madrid boss Diego Simeone has ruled Diego Godin out of Saturday's La Liga clash with Rayo Vallecano.
The experienced centre-back missed his team's Champions League semi-final first leg against Bayern Munich on Wednesday with a hamstring problem, but had been tipped to return this weekend.
Simeone, however, has revealed that he will choose between Stefan Savic, Lucas Hernandez and Jose Gimenez for the two centre-back positions against their neighbours.
"I will choose the players who can bring me solutions for this game. I am not thinking about [Godin] now. I am thinking about [Stefan] Savic, Lucas [Hernandez] and [Jose] Gimenez," Simeone told reporters.
Atletico currently sit second in the La Liga table and only trail leaders Barcelona on the head-to-head record.
