Oblak played a friendly against North Macedonia yesterday (he was substituted at half-time), he will play against Gibraltar on Friday and, voilà, holidays. He will be one of the few rojiblancos from Cholo who, without a European Championship, will be able to enjoy a month of vacation. 30 days, two seasons later. Because last time, with the stoppage due to the coronavirus, LaLiga ended in July, the Champions League in mid-August, a few days off and start again, almost no time to stop, to take a breath, to rest. Oblak, Atlético's second captain and one of the key men to win the title, will be one of the few with whom the Argentine coach can begin to prepare for next season, 2021-22, in which he will defend the title.
Atlético will return to training on July 8 for medical examinations and pertinent tests and then go up to Los Angeles de San Rafael, for the two weeks of stay that are the Profe's laboratory: in it the physical preparation of the season is established. Oblak will not miss it. Among his ambitions, a record. The goalkeeper wanted to win with Atlético, it was something that he had been repeating in numerous interviews lately, their need to win, and the rojiblanco and Argentine clubs have already given it to them. But the rojiblancos do not want to stop here. Luis Suárez was already sliding the other day: “Champions, why not dream of her? Ambition must not stop.”
303 Abel games
Oblak has among his gloves to pass Abel's 303 matches with the rojiblanco club (he will do it in the first official who disputes) and fight for his sixth Zamora, something that no one before in LaLiga has achieved. Four he won them consecutively. The fifth this season. His ambition does not stop either, even if these 30 days are necessary, on vacation, rest, disconnection.