Marcos Llorente placeholder image He is in the final phase of recovering from the muscle injury to his adductor, which he suffered in the league game against Barça. The rojiblanco went through the microphones of The spar. “I’m fine, I’m recovering properly, but I don’t know if I’ll get to the game in Liverpool because I would arrive with few training sessions with the team. Let’s see how the discomfort evolves, “he commented on his physical condition.
Was the Anfield game a turning point?
Yes, it was a game that marked me. I will take him to my grave as the best of my life. As a result of that night, everything changed for me. I also had the opportunity to go with the National Team. It was a turning point. The key was not to collapse despite having many months with few minutes: having that positivity in your head.
Do you take better care of your diet when you are injured?
Obviously you have to be more careful. During the year, you know that I like to take care of myself a lot, but it is true that with the injury you are more aware. I have always liked taking care of myself and my family has led me to it. My father is a health fanatic and since I was little I was left with the good things and the bad things.
How long have you not eaten french fries?
Not just tonight, but on the weekend, if I go out there, that’s when I don’t deprive myself of anything. People think that I have not eaten French fries for six years of my life. Like chocolate and chips.
How did you see the National Team in the Nations?
It was hard not being able to go and help the team. It hurt me not to be competing with the team. I saw the fantastic team against very important teams. All the players are capturing the ideas of Luis Enrique.
Can this team aspire to win the World Cup?
Yes, why not? There is a very good game idea and a significant number of players. We deserve, at least, to be trusted.
Did Luis Enrique’s latest list surprise you?
I was surprised when he put me with the forwards and then I just finished on the side, but the important thing is to be in the calls.
Were you surprised about Gavi?
It surprised more than one. The coach swallows many games and Gavi has shown that he has a level.
What is Luis Enrique like?
A very close coach and he likes that each player is very clear about what he is asking for. He has a coaching staff that believes very much in his idea of the game.
Does it look like the Cholo?
Each coach is a world. The two are intense coaches, but they have nothing to do with each other.
Who gets more cane: Luis Enrique or Simeone?
Perhaps the Cholo, as he expresses himself more, is more intense. But in the end there are two coaches who ask their team for one hundred percent.
How did you see Mbappé’s goal?
Honestly, I thought I was going to cancel it. Then I don’t know what they say that Eric half touches her and enables Mbappé. So deep in the rule I do not enter. In the end you have to eat it. The plays go by so fast that you can’t look back and not touch it because the striker is offside. There you are sold.
Would you sign up for the Balloon World Cup?
See it, I’ll see it for sure. I think it’s a game you can have a great time. Ibai can get involved in doing anything.
Can you imagine having played with Messi at Atleti?
It never crossed my mind, but who wouldn’t? I had no idea what came out yesterday in Ole.
Does this Atleti have more pressure?
Any team can beat you perfectly. We want to compete for everything, but it is very difficult to win a League. I do not think that we are the rival to beat, we think the same as last year. We are always four or five teams fighting at the top.
Are Madrid and Barça down?
Can be. Before Madrid and Barça devastated in previous years. We have managed to put our heads there and fight the competition from you to you.
Can you win the Champions League against petrodollars?
If we didn’t think it was possible, we wouldn’t jump onto the field. It’s difficult, but let’s try.
How have you been playing in so many positions with Cholo?
I have handled it well. I have spoken with the coach and when the team needs me to play in another position, I will be delighted to do so. Everyone knows which position I like the most, but there are all kinds of circumstances that make it possible for me to play in another position.
What does Griezmann lack to be at the level of before?
There are moments that the forwards, who live off the goal, do not score. What there is no doubt is that Antoine is a top player. Sooner or later he will score those goals that will help the team.
How is the Atlético fans?
Last year was screwed up for everyone because we couldn’t celebrate La Liga with our people. This hobby is more incredible on the inside than what you see on the outside.
Were you surprised by the reception of the fans for Griezmann?
Athletics have to understand that whistles do not help Griezmann or the team. When I’m in the field and I listen to them, I don’t like them. You come to understand it because the fans are free to express themselves, but the whistles neither like nor help the team.
Do you have the concern of playing someday outside of Spain?
Not for now. I am not attracted to a change. Right now the best place where I am is here. Maybe in three or four years, I’ll tell you something else.