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Final Liga Europa, Fernando Torres Penuhi Impian Masa Kecil


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Atletico Madrid veteran Fernando Torres said that the Europa League final victory with his boyhood club was more emotionally satisfying than winning the World Cup with Spain or the Champions League with Chelsea.

Torres, 34, is leaving Atletico for a second time this summer, having first departed for Liverpool in 2007. Since then he has scored Spain's winning goal in the Euro 2008 final, won the 2010 World Cup and the 2012 Champions League -- before returning "home" in January 2015.

"El Nino" has not been a regular starter during his second spell at the club, but, after coming on as a substitute in Wednesday's 3-0 victory over Marseille, he told reporters postmatch that he would now be "forever grateful" having achieved his "boyhood dream."

"On an emotional level this is the highest," Torres said. "In my career I could win many trophies, I had the luck to play in great teams, to be part of the best generation of Spanish players who achieved everything there is, but when you have a dream since you were small, like this, to win with your team... When I left I did not think I would ever do it, but what I was taught was that if you battle hard then you can achieve things. I am forever grateful."

Os merecéis el mundo atléticos. Orgullosos de este equipo y de esta afición. Gracias de corazón . No puedo ser más feliz / Atléticos you deserve the world. Proud of this team and this fans. Thanks from the bottom in my heart . I can't be happier . pic.twitter.com/QT4KWPE9Qj — Fernando Torres (@Torres) May 16, 2018

Atletico were too streetwise and also just too good for a spirited Marseille side -- with two Antoine Griezmann's goals superbly finished after naive mistakes from their opponents, and Rojiblanco captain Gabi wrapping up the scoring late on.

Atletico won the 2012 Europa League, 2013 Copa del Rey and 2014 La Liga title during coach Diego Simeone's first three seasons at the club, but also lost in the 2014 and 2016 Champions League finals against Real Madrid.

"We had to keep going," Simeone said at the postgame news conference. "The best way to win is to keep insisting, we had already lost two Champions League finals, one in the last minute, and then penalties, but these kids are the living history of Atletico, they are marvellous.

"First of all they are very strong men, and afterwards they are footballers who have grown year after year. The team began the game with some difficulties, but as time went on, and with the goal, we got comfortable. We have won again, which was what we needed."

Atletico captain Gabi had memorably called the Europa League a "s--- competition" when his side surprisingly dropped into it from the Champions League in December. The 34-year-old admitted he had not chosen his words well that night, but added that his team had now shown they remained one of the continent's top sides.

"Now I'll have to eat the s--- myself," Gabi said with a smile in the mixed zone. "That was a tough moment for all of us. This [final] was a very important game, as it allowed us to keep up at the top level. We have shown we have a capacity to suffer, and we killed the game when we had to do it. We have shown we are one of the best teams in Europe."


LYON, (PR).- Penyerang Atletico Madrid Fernando Torres mengakhiri penantian panjangnya untuk meraih trofi bersama klub tempat ia menghabiskan sebagian besar kariernya.

Atletico Madrid  menjuarai Liga Europa dengan kemenangan 3-0 atas Olympique de Marseille pada Kamis 17 Mei 2018 dini hari WIB. Fernando Torres, yang akan menyelesaikan masa kerja keduanya di Atletico Madrid pada akhir musim ini ketika kontraknya habis, menggantikan pencetak dua gol Antoine Griezmann menit ke-90 dan mengangkat trofi bersama kapten tim, Gabi.

Ia tersenyum tipis ketika berjalan ke arah para penggemar Atletico Madrid sambil memegang trofi dengan satu tangan. Fernando Torres telah mendukung Atletico Madrid sejak masih berusia lima tahun dan bergabung ke akademi mereka ketika ia masih anak-anak. Dia menjalani debut bersama tim itu pada usia 17 tahun, pada 2001 lalu, ketika mereka masih bermain di divisi kedua Spanyol.

Ia menginspirasi tim untuk kembali ke kompetisi kasta tertinggi dan menjadi kapten klub. Namun penampilannya yang meroket berbarengan dengan periode buruk Atletico Madrid, yang harus hidup di bawah bayang-bayang tim sekota, Real Madrid.

Fernando Torres begitu jauh dari trofi apapun ketika ia berpisah dengan Atletico Madrid pada konferensi pers yang penuh cucuran air mata pada 2007. Kala itu, dia mengumumkan bahwa ia pindah ke klub Liga Inggris, Liverpool.

Ia masih berada di Inggris ketika Atletico Madrid menyudahi puasa trofi selama 14 tahun dengan mengalahkan Fulham dengan skor 2-1 untuk menjuarai Liga Europa 2010  dan sedang berada di Chelsea ketika bekas klubnya itu memenangi lima trofi dalam dua tahun di bawah asuhan Diego Simeone yang berpuncak pada kesuksesan menjuarai Liga Spanyol tahun 2014.

Fernando Torres memenangi Liga Champions, Piala FA, dan Liga Europa bersama Chelsea. Namun, belakangan mengakui dia bahwa benar-benar merasa lapar untuk merayakan kesuksesan bersama klub masa kecilnya tatkala ia kembali ke sana pada Januari 2015. Perkenalannya kembali ke publik saat itu dihadiri oleh 40.000 penggemar.

Ia hampir mengukir kesuksesan yang menjadi impian pada final Liga Champions 2016 melawan Real Madrid, ketika timnya kalah adu penalti oleh sang rival sekota.

Pengaruh Fernando Torres mengecil sejak kekalahan itu dan ia tidak banyak dimainkan musim ini. Pelatih Diego Simeone telah menyatakan pada Februari bahwa ia tidak ingin mempertahankan sang pemain setelah musim ini.

Akan tetapi, pemain Spanyol berusia 34 tahun itu memiliki prestasi terakhir untuk dirayakan bersama klub yang sangat ia cintai dan yang memulangkannya kembali ada 2015 ketika kariernya berada di titik nadir.***



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