The Slovenian goalkeeper of the
Atlético de Madrid Jan Oblak assured that in the rojiblanco team, which will be champion of The league if he wins his match on the last day against him Valladolid, “No title has been won easily” and recalled that nine of the ten leagues of the club were won on the last day.
“Throughout the history of the club there has always been suffering. Since I've known him, that's how it is, no title has been won easily. One person told me that of the 10 titles won by Atleti only in one did he win before the last day “, he recalled Oblak during an interview with the digital newspaper ‘Goal'.
The historical note of the Slovenian goalkeeper is true. Only one of the ten Leagues that he Athletic has in its showcases it arrived determined to the last day: the one obtained in the 1976-77 campaign by a team that trained Luis Aragones and had among its figures the Brazilian Leivinha, the Argentinian Ruben ‘Mouse’ Ayala'Or the Spanish-Argentine Ruben
Spout.
That campaign, the Athletic reached the last day with 46 points, three over the second, the Barcelona, at a time when two units were given for every win, so he could afford to lose 2-3 against the Valencia on the last date.
The rest of the championships were achieved on the last day: he did so by winning the last game in six of those titles (1940, 1941, 1966, 1970, 1973 and 1996) and drawing in three of them (1950, 1951 and 2014). Two of those even, against the Seville in 1951 and the Barcelona in 2014, they occurred on a final day with a duel between first and second. In 1950, the Athletic tied with him Valencia (4-4), and the second, the Deportivo de La Coruña matched against Athletic (2-2).
Oblak explained that during the duel of the penultimate round against Osasuna, in which they found themselves with a goal against 15 minutes from the end (0-1), the team believed that there was “enough time to score two goals.” “We talked to each other, we knew we could do it and we had confidence,” he said about the comeback, with goals from the Brazilian. Renan
I gave it and the Uruguayan Lewis
Suarez, which ended at 2-1.
Regarding the last day in Valladolid, the goalkeeper expects a “very tough” match as the rojiblanco team fights for the League and his rival for rushing his options not to descend. “It is going to be a very tough game, difficult. We fight for the League and they fight for not relegation. It will be a match contested by both parties. Both we and they are going to go in with everything to win the three points at stake, “he explained.
“I don't think about winning the League now. All I want is to prepare as well as possible for Saturday, like the whole team. We want to win. It is a final for them and for us. It's going to be a difficult game and I don't even want to think about anything else. Just prepare the game and play it as well as possible. Then we will see if it is time to celebrate or to be sad, “he added.
“After so many games and so many years, when you arrive you see that the Atlético de Madrid he has a spectacular hobby. A club with a beautiful history, that has never had easy things, that competes against the best in the world. And here the first thing you feel is that in any match or training, it doesn't matter, you have to give it your all. The Athletics is to fight, to do all the best you can, you feel related to the same path that the club has. You can't get to Athletics and play differently. Here you have to give everything and I am proud to be from Athletics”, He said about his experience as a mattress maker.
ON HIS FUTURE
The Slovenian goalkeeper also spoke about his future. “It is difficult to know what could happen in the future. There are many things that can happen. You can have a contract or whatever, or the club sees another option. You never know. The Premier it's an interesting league and I don't know what will happen in the future. I like it, I am a person who likes new challenges, but as I said I have been Athletics seven years, it's been a long time, I'm happy and I don't know what will happen in the future. If you ask me seven years ago if I would be in the Athletics, I couldn't tell you. Things have turned out very well in the Atlético de Madrid And I can only say that I am happy because this year we are fighting for the title and what I want is that. That my team is competitive to fight titles, “he explained.