Enrique Ceres: "Winning the Champions League is incredibly difficult"

Atletico Madrid president Enrique Cerezo has expressed confidence that his team can win the UEFA Champions League. He noted that achieving this is extremely difficult for any team, but under the leadership of Diego Simeone, Atletico have every chance of success.

"Winning the Champions League is incredibly difficult for any team. However, I am sure that with [Simeone] we can achieve it. With Diego and this team, we have every chance. I am optimistic."

Why shouldn't we win the Champions League? Yes, there are strong opponents, but we are also a strong team. We may be a little unlucky, but we are moving towards our goal.

"We are demanding and we want titles. We want that most important trophy, which is currently missing from our collection," Cerezo was quoted as saying by AS.

After 18 rounds of La Liga, Atletico Madrid is in third place with 37 points, nine points behind leaders Barcelona. In the UEFA Champions League, the Madrid club is in 8th place with 12 points.