He Atlético de Madrid has a thorn in Lisbon. The Portuguese capital has a debt with the rojiblanco team. And six years later, it can be paid off. In 2014, the mattress team lost the second final of the European Cup in their history. Against real Madrid. In the extension. After Sergio Ramos tied the discount.
The rojiblancos players want to conquer this Champions League. But only two footballers of the current squad suffered in their flesh what happened that night in 2014 in the Portuguese capital: Koke and Diego Costa.
The now captain was then 22 years old. A boy who was already a basic piece in the plans of the Cholo and that he played the full game, overtime included. Something that Diego Costa cannot say, who was only nine minutes on the pitch. He arrived touched to the appointment, after injuring himself at the Camp Nou a week before. He tried everything to play. Even a mare placenta treatment in Belgrade. He risked. And it went wrong. Something that he later regretted and that is still going through there.
Apart from these two players, the majority of the coaching staff will also repeat in Lisbon. Starting with the coach, Diego Simeone, and following the physical trainer, the Profe Ortega, or Germán Burgos.
He Monkey will say goodbye to Atlético once the team's participation in the Champions League ends. He will start his solo career, but he already made it clear when he announced it that he wanted to say 'see you later' by winning the title.