Profe Ortega: Atletico Madrid win titles when they have Diego Costa

Published on: 24 May 2020

Profe Ortega is Atletico Madrid's fitness coach and has been a major factor behind the team's success in recent years, while he believes that another key figure is Diego Costa.

Ortega is full of praise for Costa, who he believes is the common link between whether or not Atleti win trophies.

"He is an impressive footballer who has character and we win titles when he's on the team," the coach said in an interview with Esporte Interativo.

"He is a bull, he's quick, he's strong, he can score, he's good looking and he's not afraid of anything.

"He is a player who can provide imbalances.

"As a player, he needs to be good physically.

"If he is in shape and healthy then he's got it all.

"It's true that you can have situations like in last season when he got sent off against Barcelona and banned, but he can also bring you a lot of joy.

"I have a really good relationship with him."

Ortega was also asked about Brazilian left-back Renan Lodi in the interview.

"At first, it seemed he was adapting very quickly," the coach said of Lodi, who arrived from Athletico Paranaense last summer.

"He is young and is impressive in a footballing sense.

"Going up against Real Madrid and Barcelona means, though, that you are examined game after game and he is just a young kid who has only just arrived in Europe.

"He didn't find things too different when arrived, although maybe there was a bit more intensity and a coach who demanded more of him.

"He is in the middle of a process of adaptation that still hasn't been completed."

Source: m.allfootballapp.com

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