Villa: “We trust in our chances”
From the team’s concentration in Los Ángeles de San Rafael prior to the final, the forward from Asturias shared a couple of minutes with the fans who sent their questions through Facebook.
A few hours prior to playing his second UEFA Champions League final, David Villa answered the Facebook fans’ questions before the match that will decide the maximum competition's champion, to which number “9” claimed, “We are confident in our chances but we know that it will be a very difficult final. Both teams know each other very well”.
The team is preparing for the second Champions final in the history of the Club, after the one played in 1974 and for Villa, "This is the most important game at club level and that signifies enormous responsibility. There will be a very special atmosphere in Lisbon and it will be a privilege to be able to live through it", the football player who knows what it is to play this kind of games assures. "A UEFA Champions League final is something really special. I will always hold with me an unforgettable memory from 2011 while getting to the final with Atlético has enormous merit because we have worked so hard to achieve it".
Simeone’s players arrive to Lisbon after having won the League national championship. “It was the reward of a brilliant season for Atlético and the hard work put in by all of the team. Immense happiness”.
For the top scorer in the history of the National Team, the League title and having reached the Champions final is not something casual. "We have been taught to be a fully committed team in which every member does their part for the good of the group. A group that has made it this far with a lot of hard work, commitment and humility", a player focused on next Saturday’s objective declares.
