MADRID, 9 Mar. (EUROPA PRESS) –
The coach of Atlético de Madrid, Diego Pablo Simeone, regretted this Saturday “not being able to say anything” good after his team’s 2-0 defeat against Cádiz CF, in a match on matchday 28 in LaLiga EA Sports, “because “Words no longer count, actions count.”
“It is clear that given the game we played today we do not have the possibility of saying absolutely anything, because there is nothing to say. I sincerely regret not being able to say anything because words no longer count, facts do,” declared the ‘Cholo’ Simeone at a press conference.
“The truth is that the team started the game well, it started with enthusiasm, with the desire to generate good things. At the first dangerous situation, they found the goal in a very good action. And nothing, another game began to present itself different,” summarized the Colchonero coach from the press room of the Nuevo Mirandilla Stadium.
Then Simeone continued with his analysis. “In the second half I think Correa’s entry gave a little more spark to the attack, we had Llorente’s play to shorten the score. I’m sure what I feel is that the team is giving everything, that I’m not I find the way for them to generate what they generate when we play at home,” he said.
“To continue working hard with the players because I know what they can give, because beyond this defeat I know what they can do important things from here on out, and to continue working with it,” Simeone reiterated. “After a defeat, yes, to support the criticism that will obviously be fair,” admitted the Argentine coach.
Regarding the loss of duels for the ball, ‘Cholo’ insisted on his theory. “These are things that we have to continue working on, I think we are trying to improve them, at times situations appear that are close to what we want and at times they are obviously not,” he said.
“But I repeat, there is a predisposition on the part of the team, which was now hurt in the locker room, it was screwed, because obviously we couldn’t play the game that we were all excited to play,” he explained.
“We didn’t have many goal situations, we didn’t generate crosses into the area to allow the forwards to participate. We couldn’t sustain that 1-0 to be close to being able to tie. And Cádiz played a very good game, they competed as one should compete when “You are risking relegation. Congratulations to the coach and the rival because they played a great game,” the red-and-white coach stressed again.
Finally, Simeone praised Cádiz. “He was specific especially in the goal situations he had because there weren’t many, but the first was a goal and the second was a goal, and that obviously strengthens you. He did a great defensive job, he played very clearly to compete those second balls and win those second balls continuously in the rival field, with a lot of work from their midfielders and their forwards, and that must be valued. That is precisely why Cádiz won the game,” he concluded.