Gabi: “Seeing that league win was a turning point for Madrid”

Gabi, captain of Atlético in the 2013-14 season in which Atlético was the league champion, spoke on the club's website recalling the title and the game played at the Camp Nou, on May 17, 2014, in which the champion was decided. “The goal play was mechanized. Godín always told me: 'Don't look for anything other than me'. We knew that in a high percentage Godín touched the ball or managed to finish off. She was always looking for him. It came out perfect and that shot gave us the title, “said the former rojiblanco player about the move that led to 1-1 and gave the championship to Simeone's team.

Gabi explained that for all his teammates the title “was a dream come true. We started the preseason with great enthusiasm, psychically we came with an extra for having won the Copa del Rey against Real Madrid. We had overcome a negative history against Madrid. That gave us confidence to achieve a bigger goal, which was LaLiga. “

The rojiblanco captain indicated that “at the end of the championship we went to the Levante field and we could not score. Not only that, but we lost. Then the game came against Málaga at Calderón, but we could not win either. I don't think it was the pressure We had already managed to qualify for the Champions League final, but we did not give the plus we needed and We left everything for the last game, it was to play against Barcelona, ​​against Messi, the best player in history. “

And the crucial shock came, that May 17. And Gabi told on the web how they faced the match: “El Cholo told us not to think about what would come next, whether we won or lost. He told us to think about planning the match well. Diego Costa and Arda were injured, but Adrián came out and we knew that if he was fine he was one of the best players in LaLiga. Then Raúl García came out and when you see him by your side your doubts are completely removed. “

Gabi knows what the achievement of that league title meant for a club like Atlético, the tenth for the rojiblanca entity: “I already say that it is a dream come true. You see winning the team that has the hardest time winning and we enjoyed them very much. Seeing Atlético win the league title was a turning point for Madrid. And in the celebrations we saw the fans pouring out emotion, feelings … When we arrived in Neptune, people were giving us things and I went up to Neptune with a memory of an amateur who did not know anything. Seeing so many people happy is priceless. “