Simeone He spoke about the match against Cádiz. The Atlético coach considered the victory good, although he was not completely satisfied. He first evaluated the game on the Movistar microphone.
How do you rate the match? Fair result?
The most important thing is the result, without a doubt. We are in the final stretch, there is less and less and it is always important to win, and more so in this section. A Cádiz that plays well, that creates difficulties for all its rivals and created them for us. We started well, with the 1-0, but we did not establish situations to steal and go on the counterattack. In the second it was a little more even. At 2-1 we were able to break up the game, which was very tight, very difficult.
How is Gimenez?
We’ll see. Tomorrow it will be treated and the doctors will inform.
Doses of motivation for Manchester.
It is above all and only for the League. The Champions League is another competition, from Sunday the illusion will grow and we will focus. This victory is an important step in this league straight.
How far can Atlético go in the League?
We need to keep improving, building with this spirit to compete. On Saturday a tough game with Rayo at their field, where they are a strong team. When the end is near, everything is always more difficult.
The Atlético coach spoke to the media below at the press conference:
Another crazy match…
As for the result, in this final stretch the most important thing is always to win, more so now in the final stretch. The team started well, Cádiz controlled the game, without scoring chances, but neither did we… That meant that one of the centers tied the game. The second half was more even, with few goalscoring situations, we took advantage of what we had and we were left with a goal that gave us the chance to win the game.
How have you seen Griezmann?
He was out for a while, the other day he played 60 minutes away from home… On offense we didn’t have an attack and he’s an important player and hopefully in these games he can be at his best level.
And Koke?
He’s a very important player, he’s coming back from the injury, it’s a bit hard for them, we couldn’t get out of the flat and we chose to look with Llorente and Lodi to get out of this flat game a bit… On his return it was a bit hard for him. He will be at his best level again.
It has been seen that freshness has been lacking…
The first half was flat, flat, slow, without winning the second ball…. A little better in the second, but we need to recover the situations of the last games.
Are Giménez and Lodi worried?
Let’s hope they don’t have anything. Giménez’s soleus was a bit loaded. With the illusion of Manchester we will have several players available.