Atleti is a way of life. An inexplicable passion. And precisely for this reason, so that this feeling lasts and so that everything that has been built up over the years does not collapse in the blink of an eye, the athletes must internalize a reflection. Who we are, where we come from and where we are going. Without hysteria, without resentment and without blaming others. One has been going to the stadium for days and the Metropolitan’s climate is toxic. Yelling at each other, tenuous atmosphere and maximum tension. Someone, who is nobody, absolutely nobody at Atlético de Madrid, thinks this should stop once and for all. It would help if sooner or later the club would listen to its people and have a referendum so that people can choose which symbols they want and which they don’t. Today better than tomorrow. And if that is not feasible now, for logical reasons that need to be analyzed, such as the economic impact and feasibility, it would help to set a specific date. Let’s talk about strengthening the four legs that support this club and create an achievable roadmap. Conformity.
to the fans you have to listen to it. If the public is always sovereign, even if this is already a business, you must understand that feelings can never be bought with actions. Those fans, who don’t deserve customer treatment and do deserve the vote and vote they were once denied with blackout, have the right to choose which badge and shirt represent them. This hobby, which is not perfect and includes different social groups with different ages, social conditions and sensitivities, should be treated with affection. This hobby is faithful, it never fails, it travels through every field of God, it has no termination clause and it deserves all possible attention. Those fans, who don’t make money with Atleti, but Atleti cost them money, can, should and should be heard.
To the trainer, out of recognition, affection and respect, he must be claimed for what he is, as a living legend of the club, part of the shield and as the father of a family who, wrong or not, deserves eternal gratitude for showing , with deeds and not words, who is able to make possible what others say is impossible. You can disagree with Simeone, but insulting the one who gave you everything and still wants to give it to you is, in addition to a stupid act, also a memory full of forgetfulness. And there is nothing worse for an athlete than to be ungrateful to someone who has been making people happy for years.
To the players, ask them to get closer to the fans and supporters, explain to them what Atlético de Madrid is and most importantly reiterate that there is no greater motivation than defending that shirt, because their fans would kill if they had the chance , only one occasion, if they had the honor of wearing it, even when it was in training. Players should be asked to fight, run, fight and leave everything on the field, win or lose. And you have to explain to the players that they have a right to wear that shirt but also a duty to be with their fans and spend time with them because playing for Atleti is punctual but being an ambassador of the ‘Atleti brand’ is for life.
To the club, who is more than its CEO and president, whether a gilist or an anti-gilist, and who does not do everything wrong, should be encouraged to take steps to grow, respect the roots of a feeling founded in 1903 and support. club to demand from the social committee, from the clubs, from the networks and from all necessary forums that Atleti represent its people. We have to ask the club that when it comes time to change ownership of the shares, it has been able to create the necessary social calm to guarantee the future. For the club, who work in the knowledge that the wind never blows in their favor, and that it is right to complain when they are harmed to defend their fans, we must urge them to listen more to their people, because without Atleti people there is no Atleti.
One, who is absolutely nobody at Atleti, thinks it’s time to give in a little. All. Defending our ideas is not incompatible with the realization that Atleti should not become a contest of egos and a crossfire of blame. It would help if the four legs that support Atleti come together again to be strong and do an exercise in self-criticism. It’s time that the Atléticos, from the first fan of the South Fund to the last manager of the club, from the first player to the last employee, from the first subscriber to the last boy, ask us the question that Sergio Zarza used to ask : my study partner. “You have to ask yourself what we can do for Atleti and not what Atleti can do for us.”
Reuben Uria
Source: Goal