The prolific forward has appeared confident ahead of his side’s upcoming derby clash, and has taken out his time to discuss Atletico’s aspirations this season.
Atletico Madrid’s http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Radamel-Falcao-c30276 wants his side to finish above their rivals Real Madrid by the end of the current season’s league campaign. The Columbian hitman is convinced that the Spanish capital-based outfit can cause a massive upset against Los Blancos.
According to the attacker, El Atleti have performed quite well this season and can only build on their current situation in the Spanish Primera Division’s League standings.
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Diego-c11058 Simeone’s men have been more than impressive lately in the Spanish La Liga. The Madrid outfit have shown great improvement and have established themselves as major contenders for the league title this season.
At the moment, Los Rojiblancos are sitting in the second spot in the Primera Division’s league standings. They are only 3 points behind http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Barcelona-c38604 who are the league leaders. In addition, they are 8 points ahead of Real Madrid in the table.
The upcoming weekend in La Liga sees Los http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Indios-c39565 take on Los Vikingos in the Spanish capital derby. Although the match has been undisputedly dominated by Real over the past years, matters appear to be different this time around.
Falcao is positive that his team have what it takes to put up a good show against their rivals.
"To finish above our main opponent [Real Madrid] would be quite significant for everyone. Our fans would be delighted if we managed to do so this season. However, as players we don’t have this as our target. We want to top La Liga but we don’t look at Real
Madrid or ourselves, we just think about the next game,” he told Goal.com.
"It's my dream to have a good campaign. A positive start is important to keep our level throughout the season and to fight for the top spots in the table. My dream for this season was for Atletico to be stronger and more solid in order to achieve consistent
good results.
Radamel has scored 14 goals this season so far for Atletico.
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