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Real Madrid attacker Asensio warns: I should be playing 50 games a season

Real Madrid attacker Marco Asensio feels he could've played more last season.

Asensio enjoyed a career best goalscoring season as Real won the LaLiga and Champions League Double. But he was frustrated with the lack of starts he was granted.

He told AS: "Personally, I'm not disappointed because I know I've given my all this year. In the end, there are things that don't depend on me and that I can't control. But what does depend on me and what I have controlled, I have done well. I have tried to give the maximum, the best of me, to win these titles this season. That's why I'm not disappointed. When I have been given the opportunity, I have taken it. I have given 100% and that is what counts. That has pleased me.

"In the end, that's what continuity gives you. There have been three or four months when I've had it but I don't want to stop there. Confidence is very important for a player, to know that in a season you can play in 40 or 50 games and that gives you a lot in terms of confidence, in terms of demanding from yourself. In numbers and in helping the team. That's what I value personally and that's what we'll have to see..."

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