Koke: "It is difficult to turn around, but there is always hope "
Koke said, after the match that the team "had no luck" in the defeat to Madrid. He also acknowledged that the tie is very "difficult" but in football, "everything is possible".
A sad result, Atletico midfielder said: "We're annoyed. We have not had much luck and have not done in the big game what we wanted to do. Madrid have had a great game and we're sad. There is a second leg, it is very difficult but there is always hope," he said.
Madrid 's victory, as indicated by Koke was due to luck of the whites. "It was not that they had more intensity than us, they have had more of the ball and then found the goal. Bad luck for us because I think it touched Insua. It was not our night. Defensively we have not been good in attack and we have not had the ball, it was not the game we wanted," he said.
The comeback seems difficult, but if anyone can achieve it, it is this team. "In football everything is possible. It is difficult, but we have to go back to the Calderón knowing that we are Atletico Madrid. We will try with all means to go for it and everyone deserves it. There's always hope," he said.
Finally, Koke said the team is already thinking about the match against Almeria. "We have already forgotten the game and will focus on Saturday, we have a very important game. We have to get three points," he said.