German ‘Mono’ Burgos he said it on Friday Atletico Madrid “champion” of the will emerge King’s Cup this season, something that also contains “a wish”, and warns of the dangers of Sevillethe rival in the quarter-finals of the competition.
After nine years as assistant and second coach of Diego Simeon In the Colchonero club, the former goalkeeper stopped being part of the institution in 2020, which he had criticized a few days ago after the defeat in the semi-final of the Spanish Super Cup against the True Madrid.
“I’m very hot, very hot. The game, beyond tactics and strategy, has one team looking for two steps forward and the other two or three steps back. This is the difference that makes Real win” , declared the player. Monkey had said, in a comment that seemed dedicated to the proposal of Cholo, his old companion on and off the pitch.
Now Atlético de Madrid takes revenge and eliminates Real Madrid from the Copa del Rey in the round of 16, with a great goal from Griezmann, moving the joy and wear to the other side of the Spanish capital.
“I am a coach, I observed a detail and I also said earlier in the same program that whoever won that match would become champion. And the champion emerged from that match. I always talk about football, without further ado”, explained Burgos , after attending the draw for the next phase of the Copa del Rey.
“I’m a coach – insisted Burgos – and I see different things there, just like when I was an assistant. I like Atlético when they win”, underlined the Mar del Plata coach, in charge of the draw. in the draw that gave Atlético the chance to return home in the match against Sevilla.
Burgos and Cholo, in the times of the “colchoneros”. Photo: Oscar del Pozo/AFP.“Sevilla has been going through problems since last year which placed them at the bottom, with the exception of Mendilibar (their previous coach), who won the Europa League. Now they find themselves uncomfortable again in a place that does not belong to them in the pink “But he is a dangerous rival. We are at the beginning of the final. For me Atlético is the champion. I don’t know if it will happen, but that’s the wish,” he concluded.
In addition to the duel between Atlético and Sevilla, the Copa del Rey draw leaves three other matches pending: Celta de Vigo will host Real Sociedad, Athletic Bilbao will do the same against Barcelona and the ascendant Girona will visit Mallorca. The four matches will be played next week, between Tuesday 23 January and Thursday 25 January.
Source: Clarin
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