Enrique Cerezo, who on Tuesday celebrated his 1,000th match as president of the Atletico Madrid qualifying for the quarterfinals of the Champions League before him Man Utd (0-1), that there is Diego Simeone “for a long time” on the bench of the rojiblanco team and expressed his conviction that the Spanish team will go “very far” in this edition of the tournament, because there is “illusion, desire and great equipment”.
“It has been a good moment and a magnificent place celebrating these 1,000 official matches at Atlético de Madrid as president. I am pleased and happy. I thank all the Atleti fans, who have brought us this far. Hopefully we will go very far in this Champions League. We have to thank these 3,500 people who have come, they are wonderful people who deserve this win and this place in the quarter-finals”, he stated in statements to ‘Movistar’.
“I am completely sure that in this Champions League we are going to go far, because there is enthusiasm, there is desire and we have a great team”, he added.
Cerezo condemned racist acts
Enrique Cerezo said this Tuesday that in his club “racism does not exist” and condemned the shouts in that sense of the ‘Frente Atlético’ in the youth Champions League derby against Real Madrid on March 2 that have originated the sanction of a match behind closed doors and a fine of 30,000 euros for the rojiblanco team of the category by UEFA.
“The only thing I can say is that Atlético de Madrid is a club with very important sporting values that have nothing to do with racism and one of the important things is that at Atlético de Madrid the word racism does not exist,” he explained. to ‘Movistar’.
“We condemn them (the aforementioned racist shouts), not only in Atlético de Madrid but in all the teams and in all the fans who carry out these acts or this system of insulting the players in an ignoble way,” he added.