In football as in life you have to go step by step, focus on the present without neglecting the future. Luis Fernando Muriel, who has been the great figure of Atalanta this weekend, knows the same thing.
The Colombian, who scored the decisive goal this Sunday to give his team a 1-0 victory at the field of Cagliari for Serie A, acknowledged that his team is already thinking “a little” about the appointment of the round of 16 of the Champions League against Real Madrid, with the first leg scheduled for February 24 in Bergamo.
“Sure (think Real Madrid), it’s very close. Before we have the match against Napoli. We will have time to think about the match with Madrid. But we do think a little about them and I’m sure winning this game gives us confidence“, Muriel said at the end of the match against Cagliari, in statements to the Italian television” Sky Sport “.
So the striker is shaping up to be one of the biggest dangers for Zinedine Zidane and company. He has already scored thirteen goals this season and was decisive this Sunday with a goal in the 90th after leaving the bench.
“I don’t know if it’s destiny, I’m very happy to score and to win. It was a difficult match, against a Cagliari who came out to give it their all. Winning that way means a lot. Also, scoring in the getting off the bench gives a good signal to the boss, “he said.