Julio Cobos: “It was pretty close”

Julio Cobos has done it again and his team had an entire First Division team on the ropes. El Cacereño achieved a historic feat. “The truth is that it was pretty close,” he acknowledged without hiding a half smile. The coach was satisfied because his team responded as expected. “We intended to compete and we have done so from the first minute.” As for the rival, he highlighted the value of taking Simeone’s men to the limit. “Atlético has not saved anything.” Although at times he dreamed of eliminating Atlético: «I have come to believe it. We were ahead on the scoreboard, we could see that we could do damage,” he admitted, after Lenglet’s goal he already assumed that logic would prevail. «When they scored the tie we knew it was going to be very difficult, the team was very tired. “We have resisted as long as we could.”

And he had a message for those undecided who have only signed up for this party. «If we want a Cacereño to grow, the fans are very important. Many of the non-regulars are going to become members and stay.