"Having a good team, it's normal that people want us to win all the time"

Atletico Madrid winger Yannick Carrasco admitted on Tuesday, on the eve of the Champions League clash against Bayer Leverkusen, that there are periods of the season when "things work out and others don't". The winger remarked that he is ready to "give his all" when his "moment" comes, as he has always done for the Spanish club, in which he could return to the eleven this Wednesday.

"There are times when it is more difficult, for whatever reason. When you know what you can do and there are things that don't work out, it can affect your mind more. I'm training well, working well and I want things to work out like last season and the season before, when we were champions", he explained at the press conference prior to his team's afternoon training session at the Atletico training complex.

Yannick Carrasco feels he has "the quality to be able to defend and attack" with "long runs". "It's true that since I was little I've always been an attacking player, but many coaches, like Cholo Simeone or in the national team (of Belgium, with Roberto Martinez as coach) saw that I had the quality to do the whole wing because of my physique. I'm here to help defend and attack as I did last season and the season before," he added.

"As a player, I feel that the fans always support us. It's true that there are games that don't go the way we want them to, but we have a good team and we follow the coach's orders 100%. As we have a good team, it's normal that the fans want us to win every game, but in football that doesn't exist. The stadium is going to be full and they're going to support us no matter what," he looked ahead to Wednesday's clash against Leverkusen.

"It's a final for us, a very important match. We know that in the games we have to play hard, everyone is focused and will give their all. Let's hope it goes well," he explained.