Koke: “Fighting to be champion two years in a row is a challenge”

Atlético is already looking at the start of the championship against Celta where they will defend the title of champion. Y Koke, mattress captain, spoke on the club's website to analyze the sensations of the beginning of the course.

“It is an exciting year, as always. We are looking forward to having a great season and I hope we match like last season and be champions again, but for that you have to work a lot, there is a lot left ”, explains the Vallecano. Koke was one of 13 Atlético players who had international commitments during the summer, so they later joined training. “It has been an atypical preseason, we have been returning by dropper, it has been different, but it is not an excuse to start well, continue working, do things and adapt as quickly as possible as we have done and keep competing, fighting and winning matches ”.

Koke has accumulated 502 official matches with the Atlético first team and is 48 behind Adelardo, the player with the most matches played in the club's history. “I do not pay attention to whether I am going to be the one with the most matches, I am focused on wanting to compete, win the matches and for Atleti to be as high as possible”, Analyzes the captain. Atlético will once again play with the public in the stands, although for the moment the restrictions mean that the stadiums have a maximum capacity of 40%. “Our people are missed, We really want them to be in the stadium and hopefully everyone can be there as soon as possible, not just 40%We want all our people in our stadium and hopefully it will be soon ”.

Finally, Koke left a message for the fans, making it clear that the team's ambition is to repeat the feat of last season, where Atlético won the League champion title after defeating Valladolid on the last day. “If you work and make an effort you can achieve the objectives and be a champion. Must be a motivation more than a weight and even a challenge for us, to be able to fight to be champion two years in a row”.