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The match is a challenge, the feelings are good, but it\u2019s a huge challenge.\u201d An attractive game \u201cThey\u2019re an opponent who make it very attractive to play against them, it\u2019s attractive for us and for the fans of both teams, and for football fans. Two good teams, each with their own footballing reputation, and in this case, with the advantage that they have over us, an advantage we always want to reduce.\u201d Controlling the game \u201cWe are going to try and take control, to be able to develop our idea of playing, but there is a part of the game in which we have to adapt to the players with a lot of quality that they have, who run out wide and are very dangerous, such as Carrasco, Joao Felix and Morata, who has scored a lot of goals. They\u2019re a very strong Atl\u00e9tico side.\u201d Good dynamic \u201cThe truth is that the team is working very well, we had a good pre-season in which we did things well and we worked on what we want.\u201d Squad construction \u201cThe club has done a great job when it came to letting the players go we thought we needed to let go. It\u2019s true that due to injuries, we are a little short at the moment, although we have the option of adding a few more players. 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For the Basque manager, the Submarine will have to play a perfect game to get the win. A big challenge \u201cIt\u2019s repetitive to talk about the virtues of Atl\u00e9tico de Madrid, of the growth they\u2019ve had in 12 years, which has been tremendous. We\u2019re facing a team who are among the Spanish elite and the European elite, so it\u2019s extremely demanding. On top of that, they have had a great pre-season, with few games, but with convincing results. The match is a challenge, the feelings are good, but it\u2019s a huge challenge.\u201d An attractive game \u201cThey\u2019re an opponent who make it very attractive to play against them, it\u2019s attractive for us and for the fans of both teams, and for football fans. Two good teams, each with their own footballing reputation, and in this case, with the advantage that they have over us, an advantage we always want to reduce.\u201d Controlling the game \u201cWe are going to try and take control, to be able to develop our idea of playing, but there is a part of the game in which we have to adapt to the players with a lot of quality that they have, who run out wide and are very dangerous, such as Carrasco, Joao Felix and Morata, who has scored a lot of goals. They\u2019re a very strong Atl\u00e9tico side.\u201d Good dynamic \u201cThe truth is that the team is working very well, we had a good pre-season in which we did things well and we worked on what we want.\u201d Squad construction \u201cThe club has done a great job when it came to letting the players go we thought we needed to let go. It\u2019s true that due to injuries, we are a little short at the moment, although we have the option of adding a few more players. 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The match is a challenge, the feelings are good, but it\u2019s a huge challenge.\u201d An attractive game \u201cThey\u2019re an opponent who make it very attractive to play against them, it\u2019s attractive for us and for the fans of both teams, and for football fans. Two good teams, each with their own footballing reputation, and in this case, with the advantage that they have over us, an advantage we always want to reduce.\u201d Controlling the game \u201cWe are going to try and take control, to be able to develop our idea of playing, but there is a part of the game in which we have to adapt to the players with a lot of quality that they have, who run out wide and are very dangerous, such as Carrasco, Joao Felix and Morata, who has scored a lot of goals. 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