“There is a template to revalidate the title”

Mario Hermoso, player ofl Atlético de Madrid, lives his third season as a rojiblanco footballer. The central has managed to carve out a niche in the plans of Simeone and before the derby, speak to The Sportsman’s Club.

Pressure to be the champion

“Not at all. It is a challenge to overcome. In recent history,

Atlético de Madrid have not won two consecutive leagues and it is something exciting, especially because of the squad we have. We want to continue in the same vein as last year ”.

Repeat title?

“The squad demands that of you, the level we have is to demand it, and of course it will be in us, in the desire that we have to face that challenge and the illusion to achieve it”.

The system

“The position that made me come to Atlético de Madrid is that of central defender, it’s where I feel most comfortable. It is true that now I have not played central in a line of four for a long time, but in a line of five I also feel very good. The team stands

much more stable and more solid playing with three center-backs and he has made us champions. Because of the squad we have and the virtues of the footballers, I think it’s the way that works best for us ”.

The key to success

“Every day there are better squads. Great teams are formed that are the ones that make you compete and add every day. Being such a collective sport, in which several factors influence, it is complicated. On the sporting level and especially mental and demand, maybe we do have one of the best squads in the League. “

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Personality with the ball

“It is something that has always differentiated me, for better or for worse, my personality is that: regardless of the position in

the field in which I play, to have that courage to try to connect with all those talented people that we have in the center of the field and in attack. If we didn’t get to connect with them in that clean and clear way, it would be much more difficult to exploit their qualities. I have always liked the good treatment of the ball. I always had a ball at my feet when I trained, when I came home, when I was with my friends… ”.

His arrival at Atlético

“In my first year I learned what it was like to come to Atlético de Madrid, a club that had been doing things very well for a long time.

Well, with a great demand, to adapt to a wardrobe to which several new ones arrived that year … To also know the way Cholo worked, totally opposite to the way I came

working, and it was a matter of knowing what he wanted from me, what I needed. “

The rojiblanco DNA

“If something has always characterized Atlético, it is that. It was one of the factors why I came here, I knew that feeling from my surroundings and I really wanted to live that experience. We have had good and bad moments, but the feeling of the people always helps you. “

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