What Atlético are up against in the fight for a LaLiga title

Rubén Uría takes aim at the narrative that everything is stacked against Real Madrid, while Alberto Pérez adds economic and media power to the mix. For him, Atlético keeping pace with the big two is an achievement that goes unappreciated.

The discussion begins with some remarks by Mourinho that have irritated Alberto Pérez. Rubén Uría does not want to spend much time on them, but he does point to what he sees as a pattern: the narrative that they are being robbed and that every institution is against them, when nowadays the whole of Spain has television and can see what happens.

Uría explains why he raises the subject: that, he says, is what Atlético are up against when trying to win a league title.

Pérez extends the list: economic power, media power, power in many senses. That is why he considers it an achievement that Atlético are up there with the big two, something whose value people sometimes fail to appreciate. In another year the team's numbers would be those of a league leader, but Barça are sweeping all before them.

To wrap up the topic, Pérez dismisses it with a joke: his favourite Mourinho is Carlos Latre doing his impression of him.