Atlético de Madrid has simply skilled the toughest blow of the season. The pink and whites traveled to London with the hope of sealing their place within the Champions League last. Nevertheless, destiny has wished the Madrid entity to as soon as once more be on the gates of glory. Saka’s solitary aim within the forty fourth minute licensed Arsenal’s ticket to the ultimate match of the Champions Cup.
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— Atlético de Madrid (@Atleti) Could 5, 2026
After the ultimate whistle, hundreds of pink and white followers who traveled to the English capital cried as they noticed how, as soon as once more, they needed to expertise the bitter aspect of soccer. Aside from the followers, a number of males on the pitch have been dejected in disbelief at falling like this once more. A type of footballers mendacity on the grass was Koke Resurrección. The captain of Atlético is as soon as once more on the verge of lifting one other trophy with the membership he loves.
Koke’s response after Arsenal vs Atlético de Madrid
After the top of the match, Atlético de Madrid’s flagship man spoke to the Movistar + microphones. Koke Resurrección has acknowledged that he’s “very damage, very screwed, however happy with my crew and my individuals.” Moreover, he has proven himself honored with the perspective of his crew: “We’ve got given all the pieces. We’ve got been in a position to rating objectives, they didn’t wish to rating, the identical factor occurred within the first leg. Soccer is forcefulness, they’ve been extra forceful than us.”
Koke Resurrección has not forgotten the primary leg. The pink and whites have had a number of probabilities within the total calculation of the tie, one thing that has decided the result of the semi-final: “On the Metropolitano and right here we’ve additionally had alternatives to take the lead after which tie. They’ve discovered the aim and have been forceful.”
Daniel Siebert’s referee controversy on the Emirates Stadium
One of many nice protagonists has been the referee of the match. Daniel Siebert has, within the opinion of a number of soccer followers and professionals, carried out a really neutral refereeing. From a penalty towards Griezmann that was not signaled to Arsenal’s repeated losses of time, the German has been overwhelmed by the depth of the confrontation. Even so, the Atlético captain has remained silent on the subject of speaking about him.

Koke has determined that “I’m not going to speak concerning the referee, as a result of he has tried to do his finest. He’ll understand how he refereed. He could have tried to do his finest, there may be nothing to say.”
Steadiness of the season and the unsure way forward for Koke
With this match, Atlético de Madrid can finish the season, after shedding within the last of the Copa del Rey towards Actual Sociedad within the penalty shootout and being out of the struggle for the League, the rojiblancos say goodbye to the marketing campaign with out having the ability to raise a title. “It has been a really thrilling season within the Cup and within the Champions League, in LaLiga we’ve not been constant, we’ve not been on the stage we must always have been and we’ve left factors in fields that we must always not have achieved,” acknowledged Koke.
Now, the Vallecano resides the final seasons as a rojiblanco. When speaking about his future, Koke acknowledged that “we’ll speak when we’ve to speak.”



























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