Koke: “Luis Suárez has come to us like a glove, he has made a radical change to the game”

Koke Resurrection the season has started off brilliantly. The great performance of
Atlético de Madrid
In this start of competition it is due, among many other issues, to how fine the Vallecano is at this time.

This being the case, it was normal that Luis Enrique gave him back an important role in the Spanish team. The Madrid footballer reviewed this start of the season for the mattress team.

“Last year was one of transition. Little by little we are maturing and we all have to adapt to the movements. This year we are growing. We are looking for João and any partner. It is normal to be looking for something more than normal. This year he is breaking it ”, he pointed out, in
The Stringer of the Ser Chain
, the captain of the Athletic, who added that the team does not raise the bells to the flight: “You already know us and although it seems tiresome, we go game by game. The club asks us to be third, but we have our internal demands ”.

For Koke It is not a matter of the Athletic whether it is more offensive or not: “It depends, there is a time when you have to be and others not. After the previous national team break until this one, the proposal is cheerful, to go on the attack and see it on the field. If we want to qualify for everything, we have to concede very few goals. The fewer goals they score against us, the better for the team ”, he said.

“The Cholo he is guided by the players he has and what they ask of him. We feel more comfortable pressing up. As a team when we have the ball we feel comfortable. We are not going to change the mentality of the coach. We are going to continue doing the philosophy of running all and of taking a step backwards ”, affirmed the player of the Atlético de Madrid.

LUIS SUÁREZ AND MARCOS LLORENTE

The Vallecano recognized that having to play to supply Luis
Suarez has changed the team. “We have had a radical change in the game. Leave freedom to João, Correa Y Llorente In some situations. It has come to us like a glove ”, he explained to explain that in any case, it can be compatible with Diego
Coast: “They are two great forwards and they have to adapt together. The team plays well and has more solutions in attack ”.

Koke He spoke of another who is having a very prominent role, frames
Llorente. “Does everything. It is at a spectacular level. Work pays off and he works. I'm happy for him because at first he didn't have a good time by not playing, but all work has its reward. Those who last year had fewer minutes have more this season, “he said.

YOUR NEW ROLE

Koke He also spoke in first person, about how his role in the team is being. More focused. “I can adapt to any position. I do what the coach asks me to do. I have always played in the center of the field. I am not an extreme that overflows but I have played in band “, said the player to deny that he is” the soccer player of the Athletic more in shape”. “There are many, Joao it is at a great level, for example ”.

What he did say is that he has been a pivot all his life. “I've been a midfielder my whole life. I feel comfortable, but if I have to fall to a band. I play where the coach tells me. I am the same person but more mature. You change aspects in your daily life that make you improve. I try to enjoy the field. I'm happy with the game in these last games and it shows in the day-to-day game, “he said.

Finally, about the whistles he has ever received from the fans, he said: “I respect the people. If they did it is because they did not see me well. There is another part that supports me because I am from the house and I have always given everything. TO Thomas Reñones I tell him every day that I am going to pass him in number of games and he gets itchy ”.