Atletico Madrid’s captain, Fernando Torres, analized at the radio programme ‘the match of one o’clock’ of Onda Madrid station, managed and presented by Miguel Angel Mendez, the situation in Atletico Madrid faces up the final straight of the National Championship League and the consequences after the bad image offered at the recent match against Barcelona.

At first place the number ‘9’ thanked the fans support. “The Atleti fans are use to so many blow, above all in the last years and it is characterize to be always next to the team. We are luckly of have a supporters that always fulls the Calderon and is never shame of their team”.

Regarding if it have been the worst moment at his trajectory at the first team, including the frustrate ascent at second division, Torres recognize that “this has been worst, in that period I was a month in the team and I didn’t even have conscience about what was happening. Now I am a lot of time and I have never lived something like that”. “I haven’t even seen the sumeries, is a match to forget and we can get anything positive” he added.

At the time to explain what happened, he comented that “with the 0-1 it would be equalize, then they made two fast goals and everything was over. Barça with 0-3 and spaces is lethal. Maybe we need more security, instead the heart and we wanted to win the match. Without a doubt a seen mistake today”.

In spite of the setback, to Fernando the aims keep beeing on his reach: “We keep depending on us. This hard result can weigh us if we get to Nastic match with the result in our minds. Villarreal has two complicated matches and we, doing our job, can reach the target”.

Regarding to Atletico’s supporters that expect a defeat against Barça to do not a favour to Real Madrid, Torres afirmed that “never have seen something like that in the Calderon. It use to be a good environment, an special match. But this time they talk about everything instead football. I am an Atletico and I never want to lose. Our problem is that we pay more attention to other people instead of us, and like that is imposible to become one of the greatest.”.

Analizing the team’s future and the clues to grow, the forward recognized “is a hard period. Since de descent we are experience the worst years of the club, and what you have to have on mind to trust on the proyect. That takes time and work. Each year we start from cero, with new signs, new coach… and I am sure that this result is going to take place to rumours of new signs and sick leaves. I hope it is just an accident, but the team is in the UEFA. We are going to trust in what we are doing well and change thething we could improve. We should be more modest we should learn from other teams like Villarreal or Sevilla to be one of the greatest again”.

“I have always said it, since the year of gregorio Manzano: we need continuity in the squad and with the trainer. Until now we haven’t achieve it. We should do thing with more calm , we are going to trust in this squad and making a base that this last year we didn’t have”, he said.

Valuing the deception umbral regarding to the achieves of the present season Fernando Torres pointed out “at the begining you image the best, winning some title and to be in Europe. But at the end it will be good if we achieve the aim the Club has planned, if the team gets to UEFA. If not it will be a bad season, like the other ones”.

Regarding to the numerous sick leaves he recognize that “has affected Maxi and Martin ones. The team elaborate his play counting with them and their sick leave are very important.

Fernando also valued positively the physic training of the squad: “The physic condition has been very good and that make us be at the end of the season. If isn’t for that good reason the team would have notice a lot, because there are players that have played almost all the minutes”.

About if he is the only reference player of the squad, Torres comentes that “in the Club people hadn’t have to many paciente, I would have to be captain with 25 years old and not when I was 19. Is and example of the less pacience they had. People have to understand that we should go step by step, this year we are going to be at UEFA and the next year we will give a forward step”.

Also was time to debate the good game and the results. “At the end football is each time is looking more for the results and the Spanish League is each time more likely the Italian on the way of looking results. For me, playing good means win. At the end we have left three points and you have the whole week to enjoy it”, he valued.

About the future he remembered “always have been many doubts about my future and not many had faith on me staying here after the World Cup. At the end time gives and takes out reasons”.

Regarding to the end of the Champions the forward opted for Benitez’s team “I hope wins Liverpool, I have there a lot of friends and teammates of the National Team and I hope they win”.

At the begining of June are waiting two important matches of the National Team at his way towards the Eurocup. In this way Fernando assures that “we should change our mind and think we have to win to be at Eurocup. It isn’t an obstacle, is an obligation to win and face up more calm the next matches”.

The recent triumph of the National Team U-17 at the Europe Championship made Torres draw. attention about the importance of taking care of the young club: “are children that are playing together a lot of time and the have triumphs. Unfortunately then they don’t have opportunities in their clubs and not all of them become players of the first level. Now the demonstrate what they are and they need opportunities. If they give them, to demonstrate they can be imoprtant players”.

At the time to decided for a prediction about who will be champion of the Champion League, Torres commented that “I don’t remember an equalize one in these last years. Madrid have it easy, though it has it a complicated match at Zaragoza. We aren’t talking about Sevilla and I think is the one with more options, because at the end wins an unexpected team”.

To finalize Fernando Torres pronounced about the bad results at the second leg: “We have done a good first leg, and that makes us being on the top. Is very difficult to keep the level. At the end we have notice the sick leave and always the second leg you win less points. It isn’t a matter to analize this, we have left three matches and we have to add all the points” he ended.


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