Savic: "Atlético does not lack leaders"

MADRID, 11 Oct. (EUROPA PRESS) -

Atlético de Madrid defender Stefan Savic made it clear that the mattress team "doesn't lack leaders" in this hesitant start to the season and that playing with a defense of four or five does not affect them too much.

"This team has always had leaders and it has them now, of that I have no doubt. It may be that the team sometimes plays well and sometimes badly, but leaders are not lacking," Savic stressed this Monday at a press conference prior to the game. against Brugge in the Champions League.

The Montenegrin also assured that he looks "the same" playing with four or five behind. "We are training both systems and we have them well trained. It depends on the game, sometimes you feel better with four and others with five, but for me it doesn't change much," he warned.

In addition, the center-back believes that against Girona they were "playing very well" and that they had "controlled football" until their rival made it 2-1. "This is football, they score a goal from a distance and a player deflects it, and it is true that we take refuge a little knowing the needs we have", he admitted.

"The needs were to get the three points and we got them. After this game nobody will talk about how we played the last 20 minutes but how many points we won, it was more important to win because of the importance of tomorrow's game against Club Brugge and the objective was fulfilled" Savic said.