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THE SQUAD IS FULL OF CONFIDENCE AHEAD OF THE GAME IN MILAN

"The tie is 50-50"

After the morning session, 10 players from the first team answered questions from the media in the Cerro del Espino. They all agree that motivation is "high" to try to get a good result in Milan in a "difficult" game.

Majadahonda Sports City lived a special morning. After the team's final training session in Spain, some of the members of the first team went in to the press room to answer questions from the media. All players agreed on the difficulty of traveling to the San Siro to face Milan, but also stated that the "will" and "confident” to get a result is very high.


Miranda was the first to say that "we are looking forward to it and are going to Milan for a good result." Something echoed by Insua whi is highly motivated for this historic meeting. "It's a nice game to play and to show what we have been doing." Furthermore Sosa spoke of the unity of the squad who go looking for a good result. “We are looking forward to it, it is a very nice game that we all want to enjoy, both those who will be playing and those on the sides" he said.

Milan is one of the biggest teams in Europe, with 5 Champion Leeague tropheys in their cabinet. Koke, knowing the history of Italian club, admitted that "Milan have a lot of history in this competition but we must never be afraid." San Siro will bring up difficult things, which does not scare Courtois because, as he acknowledged, "we are used to the Calderón and other major stadiums, so the atmosphere of San Siro will not other us.”


Moreover, the Rossoneri squad is full of great players, added Juanfran. "every player for Milan makes a difference and we need to be a team to stop them. Go in to it with a winning mentality." Mario Suarez believes the Rossoneri squad "is going to pose a very difficult game so we must be vigilant to take something positive out of the game,” he said.

Raul Garcia made it clear that, in a tie between two teams in the category of Atletico and Milan, there are no favorites . "Right now the tie is 50-50 knowing that Milan is a historic club." The keys of the meeting will be to trust our work and to keep fighting for the cause, Alderweireld stressed, "we need to be strong because they have great players but we are sure of ourselves."