Atletico Madrid Star Jurado Feels Beating Barcelona Would Be Perfect End To Week

The mattress makers midfielder is keen to stop the champions...

By Paul Madden

Jose Jurado, Atletico de Madrid (Getty Images)
Atletico Madrid midfielder Jose Jurado has declared that beating Barcelona would be the best possible end to a big week for Los Colchoneros.

After booking their place in a final for the first time in 10 years by defeating Racing Santander to reach the Copa del Rey showpiece, the 23-year-old insisted that the final against Sevilla will be evenly matched.

"We need to score, it would be the perfect end to the week if we were to beat Barcelona," he is quoted as saying by AS.

"For me it is an honour to play my 100th game for Atletico and to reach a final for the first time in ten years. There are no favourites in the final, it's 50-50. It has taken a lot out of us to get here."


 
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