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“We will have to find our best version”
Quique Sánchez Flores said that Atlético de Madrid has grown a lot in these past years
Espanyol is facing one of the most difficult matches in the season. The blue and white team is playing against Atlético de Madrid that is one the hardest rivals of the League. “We know that it is a very difficult stadium and a very competitive team, that does everything very difficult and that will take us to a high level of demand. We will have to come over and find our best version”, he said. Quique also said that it is “a great stage, the match is in an important timetable and we are thinking in the difficulty we will have. We must compete and try to keep a good attitude as long as possible”.
Quique said that “it will be a special match because it will be the first one against Atlético since I left”. After Sánchez Flores arrived Diego Pablo Simeone, who has driven the team to a higher level. “It is admirable. He is the base of everything and he has built a great structure. He is a manager with heart, sensible and these things get to me. There are a lot of things I like from him. I understand that the groups are the most important, individualities are at the service of the team”.
The manager said that “they are a team that decided to grow with normality and regularity helped with tittles. After I left there were many changes in the squad and from there it has been an admirable team. They have achieved very important goals and they have deserved it”.