The great leap that the Atlético de Madrid in recent years it would be difficult to understand without analyzing the figures of your technician Diego Pablo Simeone and its captain Jorge Resurrection Koke. Two myths.
When their paths crossed the life of the Atlético de Madrid it was very different. The team was bordering on relegation, the club was bordering on a civil war between leaders and the current captain had a foot and a half off the team after Gregorio Manzano did not count on him in the first round of the League. But everything changed with him Cholo.
This Wednesday after the game, the Argentine coach came to reveal which club he was going to Koke when he got to the bench. “He's one of the guys who was there when we arrived, and he was about to go to the Malaga. I saw him in a video, and I told him that I had no argument for him to trust me, but I considered that he would be an important player for the team. He stayed. Started to work. First was Burn, Diego Ribas, little by little pushing from behind until he left Diego Ribas and he began to occupy that place that he has today, Captain. Very important player for our team. A reference of our game without a doubt ”, he pointed out in Movistar.
From the environment of Koke explained to MD some time ago that in the first contact of Simeone and the vallecano. The coach asked him: “Do you want to be an important player in this club?” To which the player answered the most resounding yes he has ever pronounced in his entire life. The rest is history. 500 history matches.