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Atlético de Madrid will be measured this Saturday, December 12 at Real Madrid in one of the most even derbies in recent years. A good part of the mattress box options to get something positive out of Wadebags They go through the form of one of their footballers.
A player who has a Real Madrid past precisely. We refer to Marcos Llorente, that hand in hand with his own work and the reconversion to which he has been subjected Diego Pablo Simeone, He has become one of the most prominent Spanish footballers.
The player has spoken for the magazine ‘The Sportsman's Club’And indicated that he was clear that his situation in the Real Madrid It was unsustainable, I didn't have the confidence of Zidane. With what he had decided to leave … and when the AthleticHe didn't even think about it.
“It was very clear to me that I had to leave Real Madrid] ”, Explained the player in the interview in the aforementioned magazine. “When the offer of the Athletics I did not hesitate. Now things are working out very, very well. I am very happy about it. When a player has minutes, he grows, he becomes a better player, and that is what is happening to me now, ”he said.
The transformation, from defensive midfielder to attacker, either inside or forward, has been key. And not even he had imagined it. “If you tell me a year ago, I will tell you that you are crazy. I've been a midfielder for most of my life, as well as a defensive player. The coach made me see it a long time ago, he told me that one day he would take me higher, that he believed that there he could give things to the team, “he reflected to delve into that game in which everything changed for him, before him Liverpool, in a temple like Anfield
Road. Two goals that changed his career.
“And well, that's how it came about in Anfield, and after quarantine I also played up there, it was all very very good. Anfield it was the most magical night of my career. It was my best game, for all that it entails: beating Liverpool in Anfield, pass the tie with those who were champions of Europe… Between all of us, with all the work and the team's struggle, we managed to move it forward, ”said the Madrid native.
THE SELECTION AND ITS PHYSICAL FORM
Right now, he is the second top scorer in the Athletic, with five goals and three assists. Being many of his goals, key in many games. He is part of the half dozen players who have had minutes in all the games this year.
A performance that has led him to absolute internationality. “It is a goal that you always have there, even if you don't think about it much, and it has come to me at a very good time in my career. I will always remember the day of the call and the day of the debut. But the important thing is not only to arrive, but to stay and that is achieved by working, working and working. Luis Enrique has a very clear idea of what he wants and is forming a team with many alternatives to achieve it ”, he recalled.
If it has been characterized by something in this time, it is by its physical power and the player said that it is not by chance. Behind it is great work. Of body and mind. “5 or 6 years ago I started to work on physical condition to strengthen all the weaknesses I had. It is something fundamental that has given me a lot during all these years. But also mentally. I started a year ago and I am delighted, I have improved a lot in this area and I think I still have a lot to improve, “he concluded in the aforementioned interview with the‘ Deportista Club ’.