The captain of Madrid's Atletico team, Koke, shared his thoughts on competing with Barcelona and Real in the upcoming season. This was reported by Euro-football.ru.
Last season, the "mattress makers" secured third place in La Liga as expected. They fell behind the "blue-purple" team by 12 points and the "blue-white" team by eight points.
Koke emphasized that the team must fight against Barcelona and Real. They are not satisfied with anything less.
The team has high hopes. It is necessary to take significant steps to compete with the two giants in the upcoming season.
Koke also stated that they are ready to give 200 percent effort to achieve this goal. In the first round of the new season, Atletico will play away against Espanyol.
The match will take place on August 17. In this game, the team aims to showcase its strength and achieve high results in the new season.
