The Atlético players highlight the team play
Diego Costa: “I was lucky enough to be able to score three goals”
Atlético de Madrid gave an authoritative blow against Osasuna. They broke their poor streak at the Reyno de Navarra with a well-deserved victory against the side from Pamplona. One of the figures of the match was Diego Costa, who scored all three goals for the visitors. After the game, the Brazilian said that “I was lucky enough to be able to score and we won the match. It’s the first time that I’ve scored three goals in one game. You can never relax or let your head down against Osasuna. It’s very united team and they really help each other out. I’m here to help the squad. I hadn’t played in a long time and the game went perfectly. I took the ball with me to the bus.”
The player is already thinking about the next league fixture and highlighted that “hopefully I’ll get the change to keep playing next week. I want to help.”
For his part, Raúl García earned his first win as a ‘rojiblanco’ player at his former home. “I feel strange; I’d never won here with Atlético de Madrid. Things hadn’t gone our way in previous matches and we knew that we had to play differently. It was an intense game. It started off well, but they had 30 good minutes. It played out the way we thought it would.”
The central midfielder made it clear that “we didn’t want to lose any more points. We knew that time was running out and that’s why we were very stuck into the match. These were three very important points. We were very focused.”
The player from Navarre played in a new position on the left wing. “The important thing is helping out the team and the best thing is that we came out with the three points. Diego Costa played really well. He tried to take advantage of the minutes that the coach gave me. He didn’t have anything to show us, as we already knew about his quality,” he asserted.
To finish, Juanfran, who was returning to his former home for the first time since signing with Atleti, assured that “the fans gave me a warm welcome, though I felt strange during the game. The important thing is that the team worked well together and we got the three points. Facing Osasuna is a new experience for me. I’d like to congratulate Diego Costa for his three goals, and the team for how hard we worked. We knew that we had to work hard to earn the three points.
“Many big teams haven’t won here this season and we did. That speaks a lot about the job we did. It would have been easier had Reyes put away his penalty, but the team was able to work well in all facets of play. We gave an authoritative blow and showed that next year we want to be playing in Europe,” Juanfran concluded.
The player is already thinking about the next league fixture and highlighted that “hopefully I’ll get the change to keep playing next week. I want to help.”
For his part, Raúl García earned his first win as a ‘rojiblanco’ player at his former home. “I feel strange; I’d never won here with Atlético de Madrid. Things hadn’t gone our way in previous matches and we knew that we had to play differently. It was an intense game. It started off well, but they had 30 good minutes. It played out the way we thought it would.”
The central midfielder made it clear that “we didn’t want to lose any more points. We knew that time was running out and that’s why we were very stuck into the match. These were three very important points. We were very focused.”
The player from Navarre played in a new position on the left wing. “The important thing is helping out the team and the best thing is that we came out with the three points. Diego Costa played really well. He tried to take advantage of the minutes that the coach gave me. He didn’t have anything to show us, as we already knew about his quality,” he asserted.
To finish, Juanfran, who was returning to his former home for the first time since signing with Atleti, assured that “the fans gave me a warm welcome, though I felt strange during the game. The important thing is that the team worked well together and we got the three points. Facing Osasuna is a new experience for me. I’d like to congratulate Diego Costa for his three goals, and the team for how hard we worked. We knew that we had to work hard to earn the three points.
“Many big teams haven’t won here this season and we did. That speaks a lot about the job we did. It would have been easier had Reyes put away his penalty, but the team was able to work well in all facets of play. We gave an authoritative blow and showed that next year we want to be playing in Europe,” Juanfran concluded.
