In football, just like in life, you have to go step by step, focus on the present without neglecting the future. Luis Fernando Muriel knows the same, who was the great figure of Atalanta this weekend.
The Colombian, who scored the decisive goal on Sunday to give his team a 1-0 victory at Cagliari in Serie A, acknowledged that his team is already thinking “a little” about the round of 16 of the Champions League against Real Madrid. , with the first leg scheduled for February 24 in Bergamo.
“Sure (they think of Real Madrid), it’s very close. Before we have the game against Naples. We will have time to think about the game with Madrid. But we do think about it a bit and I’m sure winning this game gives us confidenceMuriel said at the end of the game against Cagliari in statements to Italian television “Sky Sport”.
Thus, the attacker emerges as one of the greatest threats to Zinedine Zidane and his company. He has already scored thirteen goals this season and was decisive on Sunday with a goal in the 90 after leaving the bench.
“I don’t know if it’s fate, I’m very happy to score and win. It was a tough game, against a Cagliari who wanted to give everything. Winning this way means a lot. I’m sending a good signal to sir, ”he said.