THERE WILL BE COMPETITION UP FRONT BUT I´M GOING TO LEARN A LOT

Baptistão: "It's amazing to play with Adrian, Diego Costa and Villa"

Leo Baptistão is happy at Atletico Madrid. After the Euro-American Cup, the Brazilian appeared before the media and said that he will learn a lot from Adrian, Diego Costa and Villa.

The striker made it clear that the competition for a spot in the front "is very good and as we play a lot of minutes in all competitions we will all contributed. I've always said it's amazing to play with Adrian, Diego Costa and Villa. I will learn a lot, there will be healthy competition between us."

Regarding how Villa is setting in, he said its fast, noting that "Villa is a already sacred player because of his time in the football world and it will not take him long to adapt to the style of play of Atletico".

With regard to the working methods of coach Simeone, said "I was very surprised by the intensity and desire the coach puts in to every workout and how they convey to us that intensity to give u a lost ball and go for everything with confidence and aggressiveness."

He played down the fact that he was Atletico's top scorer in Euro-American Cup and the top scorer in the preseason. "Being top scorer is a coincidence, I was there to score the goals and I took the minutes that the coach gave me, nothing more," he said.

As for the goal or dream for this season at Atletico Madrid, Leo says, "I do not put a lot of pressure with the number of goals. I'm trying to play and give the team as much as possible. My goal is to make my debut, play well with the team and keep learning."

On whether he has noticed changes between Rayo Vallecano and Atletico Madrid, he said, "I was very surprised because the difference is huge. It gives you more drive to go play, to continue working and living in the world of football. "
 

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