Anderson Santamaría, two-time champion with Atlas: “I am very excited. We believed it”

Anderson Santamaría lives one of the happiest moments of his career Last Sunday night, Atlas beat Pachuca (3-2) on aggregate and was crowned champion of the 2022 Liga MX Closing Tournament. Completed the success of the team from Guadalajara, the Peruvian expressed his happiness.

“I am very happy, very excited about what happened. We believed it, we always believed it. We started to work, we have a very very humble group. Not only good people, but better professionals and here are the results”, pointed out ‘Santa’ in statements for the Duro de Marcar page.

Santamaría emphasized the work to achieve the goals. “I had to arrive at a difficult time for the institution, but we never stopped believing. We never stopped working, with the support of the people, the new project, the technical command was very serious. With the work, here are the results”he indicated.

Likewise, the 30-year-old athlete explained that it was a tough league for him, due to an injury he suffered, and that it even prevented him from playing the second half of the duel against Pachuca.

“It was a very tough league for me, because they were very complicated games, I couldn’t even breathe anymore, but I played with my heart. Today, I couldn’t do much more, but there are all the teammates who work together because they all want to be in this group and we are all winners “he pointed.

Finally, Santamaría was asked if he would raise his hand for Qatar, regarding the chance of the Peruvian team in the playoffs. “I’m going to work, I’m going to fight for the position; right now I want to enjoy”, was his blunt reply.