Morata: “We have a great opportunity and we have to go for it”

Álvaro Morata was one of those in charge of attending to the media who gathered at the Olympic Stadium in Rome to analyze the match that will confront us this Tuesday in our Champions League debut against SS Lazio.

The Madrid striker spoke about the opportunity that football gives to forget the match against Valencia. “A defeat is always hard, you have to clear your head quickly, we are strong this year as a team and as a group, we have a very positive mentality and there is no use dwelling on the Valencia game anymore, we have a great opportunity tomorrow, everything in football continue and we have a fundamental match against Lazio”.

“We all have a very great motivation to win. I’m dying to win titles with the Atleti shirt and so are my teammates, we know how we have to face this group stage and all the competitions we play in, we have a great team and the dynamics, despite the game the other day in Valencia, It is very positive and we have a lot of confidence in the group”he stressed.

Finally, Morata assured that the group is prepared and eager. “You always have to give everything and we know that in the Champions League you can’t have any low moments, that’s what this competition taught us last year. We have to start well, tomorrow we have a good opportunity and we have to go for it because it is very special for us”.

“We were not the best team in Europe against Rayo and we are not a disaster now either, it is not a question of attitude, we always want to win the games and we go home annoyed when we don’t achieve it, you can have no doubt that we always We want to win, we strive, we work. Tomorrow we have to put everything into the game to return to that winning dynamic.”he concluded.