Often when the best on the pitch for a team is the goalkeeper we come to hasty conclusions, but the truth is that yesterday Jan Oblak he was one of the few who could be saved in the collapse with the Benfica 4-0 in the Champions League. A defeat, that of the second day of the tournament, really difficult to judge for the goalkeeper ofAtletico Madrid: “The worst match of the season? Probably yes – began the Slovenian to the microphones of AS -, a very bad match. We weren’t good and it’s a shame to lose like this. Leaving this image is not nice and not much more can be said. We weren’t there and it was very bad. Matches like this happen, but we can’t afford to do it because we have left a bad image.”
The team didn’t react like on other occasions: “Yes, we have had bookings in other matches. We often talked about how badly we started in the early days. Even today and what’s more we didn’t react like in other matches and these things happen. You have to start well because the opponents are strong and punish you like Benfica.”
Many lost duels, many mistakes at the beginning: “It’s clear that we weren’t competitive. I don’t know why, if it was due to tiredness. We can’t afford this. We can’t make excuses. We did poorly, the image is negative, so we have to work hard because a difficult match awaits us on Sunday and If we’re not at our best we won’t score points in San Sebastian.” The final comment is the perfect snapshot of the match lost against Benfica: “Something to save? I don’t have a single thing to tell you. We weren’t… Nobody can be saved, we have to accept it and move forward”.