MADRID, 25 Oct. (EUROPA PRESS) –
The Atlético de Madrid player Yannick Ferreira Carrasco applauded this Tuesday that the rojiblanca fans “want” them to win “all the games”, but warned that “that does not exist in football”, at the same time that he highlighted as “strength of the group ” know how to “reset your mind” after a defeat to go for the next victory.
“I feel that the fans always support us. It’s true that sometimes things don’t work out for us, but we have a good team, we follow the coach’s orders one hundred percent. It’s normal for the fans to want us to win every game, but that in football it does not exist. Tomorrow the stadium will be full and they will support us yes or yes”, he commented on the atmosphere in the Metropolitan in recent weeks at the press conference prior to this Wednesday’s duel (9:00 p.m.) against Bayer Leverkusen.
A meeting that the colchoneros see as “a final”, for everything that is at stake. Atleti is third in Group B of the Champions League, with four points, two behind Porto, second classified, and six behind Bruges, who leads alone. “For us it is very important. When we have to ‘squeeze our asses’, we are all focused,” he said about the character of the squad.
Also in the collective field, the Belgian positively valued the last victory in the League, by 1-2 against Betis, a victory that allows them to gain “confidence”. “But we also know how to reset our minds when we lose and go for the win after a loss, that’s the strength of this group,” he added.
On a personal level, Carrasco, who has chained four substitutions in a row -he is the tenth player with the most minutes-, attributed his drop in performance to the fact that “sometimes things don’t work out and other times they do”. “I’m working hard, but we have a good squad. When my time comes, I’ll give it my all, like always,” he insisted.
“There are times that it costs me more, for whatever reason, there are times when things don’t work out, it can cost you a little more mentally. I’m a professional and I want things to work out like last year and last year, when we were champions “, he added.
Finally, the Belgian valued his ability and “quality” to “attack and defend” and “go long distances”. “A lot of coaches saw that I could do it because of my physique, I’m here to help,” he concluded.
