The new Atlético player highlighted his defensive condition beyond his offensive numbers at Udinese: 10 goals and 10 assists
“I’m a winger. The important thing is to try to be well positioned in the game and do what the coach asks for,” he insisted.
The Argentine international side Nahuel MolinaAtlético de Madrid’s last signing, chose the rojiblanco club for “everything, for the institution, for the team, for the coach, for being able to compete in the League and the Champions League”, as he expressed this Friday in his presentation with the Madrid team, in which he highlighted his defense condition beyond his offensive numbers at Udinese: 10 goals and 10 assists.
In the Wanda Metropolitano auditorium, after three training sessions already under the command of his compatriot Diego Simeone, and on the eve of his debut as a red-and-white, which he is looking forward to “very much” this Saturday against Manchester United at the Ullevaal stadium in Oslo, he expressed his “honor that an institution like this and a coaching staff like that of cholos” have noticed him and “be an option for the club”.
Nahuel promises “a lot of effort and grit”. “First I’m a defender. The first thing is to be well positioned at the back and then, if I can contribute in attack, I’m welcome”, explained the right-back, the protagonist of 68 official matches in the last two years with Udinese and with undoubted offensive skills, no matter how defensive his position is.
Whether in a 4-4-2 or a 5-3-2, two systems through which Atlético’s preseason has circulated, the footballer does not “modify much the same position, but simply a little more height in the countryside”. “I’m a winger. The important thing is to try to be well positioned in the game and do what the coach asks for,” he insisted.
Smiling, “very happy to belong to this great family and this great club”, in which he plans to spend “many years” (for now, he has signed for five seasons at the age of 24) and in which he will wear the number 16 that he already wore at Udinese and who has been released at Atlético for the transfer of Samuel Lino Upon arrival at Valencia, they found a team “very strong, very united, that surrenders and that is going to fight in all competitions”.
“They are all great players, with a lot of experience, and naming one would look bad with all the rest. I hope I can learn a lot from them and be able to contribute mine,” he replied Nahuel when he was required to individualize an Atlético player, before insisting throughout the block, on “the intensity with which they work, the desire they put into working and the quality of the team and the footballers”.
“It was all very nice, how my teammates and the coaching staff received me. Training is hard, but it is what leads you to bring great things,” he added. Nahuelwho also received words from Thomas Renones, also a right-back for Atlético de Madrid in the 1980s and 1990s for 13 seasons, over 483 games, with one League, four Copas del Rey and one Spanish Super Cup under his belt as a rojiblanco.
“Welcome. Advice, none. He is a fairly educated person, who already has experience. You come to a team that is all feeling. It is all heart. You are going to see a perfect communion between the players and the fans, you are going to feel supported We know that you are a person who gives himself. Therefore, you will not have any problem immediately being loved by everyone, “he said Thomaswho highlighted “the very powerful and very good squad” that Atlético has for this season.