Juanfran Torres placeholder image He has been one of the most important and emblematic players for Atlético de Madrid in the last decade. He joined the team in the Spanish capital in 2011 and became part of the golden generation of the mattress box, led by ‘Cholo’ Simeone, who managed to reach two finals of the UEFA Champions League and win a League, Copa del Rey and two Europa League, among other titles.
Atleti de Simeone has marked an era and is the only team that has achieved fight the League against FC Barcelona and Real Madrid. Juanfran, for his part, before his departure from the club in the summer of 2019, was one of the ‘fixed’ of the Argentine coach at Wanda Metropolitano.
Now, during his time in Brazil, Juanfran lives football in a different way, but he still remembers his time at LaLiga. In an interview offered to the channel ‘Unimpeded’, the right-back spoke of one of the most difficult rivals he faced in Spain, Neymar Jr, during his time at Barça. The Spaniard confessed that He is a very provocative player, but extremely talented.
The defender pointed out in the interview that the Brazilian was laughing at him. “I was trying to provoke you on the field. It is difficult to face him on the field. Now it is more mature. We had many battles, but that was in the field. I have no problem with him and I wish him the best ”, according to assured. In addition, he said that the current Paris Saint-Germain striker is very difficult to cover “because he has a style of play that provokes those who are defending.”
Neymar has not been his toughest rival
Despite the fact that the Brazilian forward was one of Juanfran’s headaches, he stressed that he was not the most difficult opponent he has faced. In his statements, he has revealed that Ronaldo Nazario and Cristiano Ronaldo they have been the players with whom he has suffered the most in his entire career as a footballer.
“Worst rival? First Ronaldo, the Phenomenon, then I suffered a lot with Cristiano Ronaldo when I was at Real Madrid “, confessed the Sao Paulo player. It should be remembered that Juandran and ‘CR7’ faced each other many times, including two Champions League finals, in 2014 and 2016.
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