Griezmann and Giménez reveal the hardest part of Atlético's preseason

The Atletico Madrid closed the first three weeks of preparation. It could be said that the hardest part is over, the 15 days in the Segovian mountains with days of up to two and three training sessions.

Antoine Griezmann y Jose Maria Gimenez They valued, in words to the club’s media, how this start is going. In particular, there is something that drives the rojiblancos crazy and it is not exactly the dreaded slope of the Professor Ortega.

“We train with high temperatures, it is not easy to run on the golf course, unevenness, wind… But it is also the beauty of this sport, knowing how to suffer and find the best of oneself in those moments for when certain situations appear, find that . It’s all part of that training,” he explained. Gimenez.

Something in which the French agrees: “The whole team is doing a great job. Training sessions with running in the morning and football in the afternoon are tough. They are almost six kilometers, with high intensity. In the end, we support each other.”

The golf course is what the mattress players fear the most, because they are ‘leg-breaking’ sessions, with continuous running for a long time, with continuous slopes that crush the mattress players. How does one recover from the beatings? “A lot of recovery, a lot of water, playing at the beach… (laughs). And then we have a coaching staff, physio, doctors who are there for us 24 hours a day and we notice that. We recovered faster, thank you very much guys, ”he explained. Griezmann.

“As soon as we have free we take the opportunity to throw our ‘legs’ up and breathe because there are a lot of hard workouts”, he added Gimenez.

WHAT’S COMING

Both agree that this hard work is key to having a good season.

“We are going to try to take all the points that are at stake and bring joy to our people, to the fans, to our family, to each other, to fight all together”, pointed out the striker. “Leave everything, fight, sacrifice, for us and for our people who are always by our side. In the good moments and in those that are not so good”, clarified the defender, who added that part of the good thing about this stage is the coexistence to reinforce the locker room: “What unites us is football, but also sharing these moments, food, friendship…”.