Diego Costa back in training after 76 days

The Spanish-Brazilian striker for Atletico Madrid Diego Costa trained with the rest of his teammates this Wednesday, 76 days after getting an operation on his back. 

The Spanish international striker worked for the first time with the group since he had an operation on the 21st November. Since then, he has missed 14 competitive fixtures: nine La Liga games, two Champions League matches, two Spanish Super Cup encounter and the Copa del Rey loss to Cultural Leonesa. 

The striker from Lagarto (Brazil) is aspiring to ready for at least one of the two Champions League last 16 matches against Liverpool. The first leg is on 18th February at the Wanda Metropolitano and the return is at Anfield on 11th March. Therefore it is unlikely he will be fit for the next league game against Granada on Saturday at 9pm CET at the Wanda.