Godín: “I have never regretted leaving Atlético de Madrid”

Uruguayan center-back Diego Godín, who recently changed teams to sign for Italian Cagliari (with whom he already debuted as a scorer in his first game against Atalanta), said in statements at the airport that He would never change his option of leaving Atlético de Madrid to go to Inter, a fact that occurred in the summer of 2019.

“I have never regretted leaving Atlético. It was time to change, get out of my comfort zone and face new challenges”, sentenced the 34-year-old Uruguayan. A team in which, it should be remembered, came to play 389 games, in addition to winning a League, a King's Cup, a Spanish Super Cup and two Europa League. However, his 'Nerazzurri' experience only lasted a season with Antonio Conte and now he is joining the team on the island of Sardinia.

On the other hand, upon arrival at the Carrasco International Airport, on the outskirts of Montevideo, defended the incorporations that Atlético made with Suárez and Torreira: “It can give you a lot. Personality. With Luis goal, generate scoring chances that at Atlético de Madrid last year was what was missing after he left Antoine (Griezmann); and with Luke obviously dynamic, brand, coverage in the middle of the field, which ‘Cholo’ likes. It is no coincidence that the two of them are there”.

“We are not going to hide that they are important casualties, we are not going to hide. They are important players, with experience within the squad and that in a tie is always important,” he commented on the absences of goalkeeper Fernando Muslera (due to injury), defender José María Giménez (who has just come out of a positive for COVID-19) and forward Edinson Cavani (by technical decision).

However, the Italian Cagliari player argued that the squad has “young players who already have a journey, an experience in Europe and also in the national team with many games on top “, such as Fede Valverde, Nahitán Nández or Rodrigo Bentancur, who always come” with desire “and that” sometimes makes up for a lot of other things in experience and names “.

Godín made these statements at the Carrasco International Airport, on the outskirts of Montevideo, where he arrived on a flight from Madrid along with the three mentioned, Maxi Gómez, Lucas Torreira, Ronald Araújo and Sebastián Coates.

Regarding La Roja, led by Colombian Reinaldo Rueda, Godín indicated that it is “a great team, with great players, competitive players who have gotten used to winning” and that “they play well and always go out to win too.”

The defender recalled how “strange” it will be to play an international match in an empty Centennial Stadium. “Now it will be left to feel the breath from outside, which in Uruguay always makes us arrive and feel that positive energy to start the tie well,” he said.