Abel: “Oblak came to break all the records of this club”

Abel Resino, exporter and former Atlético coach, spoke on the Madrid club's website about the league title won by the rojiblanco team and about Oblak, the Slovenian goalkeeper of Simeone's team. Abel praised the season that the current Atlético goalkeeper has had: “He is an impressive goalkeeper, very regular. That is one of his great assets. Difficult makes it easy. He is a goalkeeper who gives a tremendous peace of mind to the team on the pitch. The rest of the players look back and see Oblak in goal gives them greater confidence. “

Oblak equaled Abel as the goalkeeper with the most matches that has played defending the Atlético jersey: 303. Abel is not very concerned about Oblak beating him next season: “Oblak came to break all the records of this club, perhaps the one for unbeaten that I have is going to cost him a bit more. If anyone beats it, hopefully it's Oblak. He is an excellent goalkeeper and he's a goalkeeper for a while. “

The former goalkeeper, in the official Atlético media, also spoke about the league title that the Madrid team won and about the squad that Simeone has at his disposal: “The squad of the most compensated in Spain with versatile players, a mix of young-veterans, as in the case of Koke, or the example of Llorente, who can play in various positions, also Suárez, contributing many details to the game, goals and balance up. That mix of footballers who, even though they are young, have experience and a remarkable background, make this team very competitive. “

Abel also referred to Atlético's fight in difficult moments of the championship: “If this Atlético de Madrid has a watchword, is that it does not deliver any gameNo matter how bad the match gets, you have to fight it to the end. How he fought the last two games, conquering them in an extraordinary way. “Abel also pointed out that he was clear that Atlético was going to be champions by winning” games like those of Elche and Alavés. Those two days are references that we were prepared to be champions because they were difficult moments and the team knew how to move them forward. “

Abel played 303 games for Atlético. He spent eleven seasons in the Madrid team and was part of a good rojiblanco team from the early 90s, where he won two King's Cups. In the 90-91 exercise he was the goalkeeper with the least thrashed in the championship and He has the unbeaten record of being 1,275 minutes without conceding a goal. Later he was also coach of Atlético. He is a man with a great athletic pedigree.