The coach spoke in the preview of the match against Celta and he referred to the VAR (“It is fairer with those who win, if they are charged more penalties it is because they attack more, like Madrid”) and also about João. “He wants to show his qualities and characteristics, which at times costs him and hence his anger.”
–How the dressing room is controversial Madrid matches and if that can harm Oblak: “We think collectively, not individually, and we do not stop in situations that we cannot resolve. We seek to improve, train, improve and be prepared to resolve a match against an opponent (Celta) who plays football very well ”.
–Did you think that in the absence of four days would be so installed on the target?: “We did a good job in quarantine. We talked a lot with the footballers, working game situations that we could meet and they did a good physical job at home. Then there have been good rotations of footballers. We have been the team that has played the most every three days. This is the second that we are going to play every four, we had to adapt to what was and the circumstances ahead. The involvement of footballers is decisive and there was a very important implication. We have to keep going. Nothing is finished yet, the championships are decided at the end. Celta is a rival with a great game, who needs to establish his need at the table and with good footballers. ”
–Herrera, why haven't you participated in the last games?: “We have rotated. In the beginning, Osasuna has played, he has entered a game at home and in Levante. Yes it is true that the greater the number of games there are places on the field where it is more difficult to rotate, central and a half, the stability and pace of the game is being won and the rotations are less, even if we have five changes. “
–Calderón: “I have the best memories of what I have had to experience from the first day I arrived at Atlético and Calderon was home. And it will always remain so in the imagination and in the memories. I have moments forever. Like the goal against Albacete that allowed us to be champions in LaLiga. I will remember the joy of the people that day, the red and white painted field, the companions, the sunny day, that extraordinary May 25th. And as much as the stadium is not there, it will remain in history. And what I had to live there. “
–VAR, controversies: “What happens with the VAR is that it exposes absolutely everything. Before we did not even have the possibility of realizing something that is seen, later it is referees and people who act from there and they can be wrong. I have no doubt that the VAR is fairer with those who win, if they charge you many penalties it is because you are more in the rival area. ”
–Scorers Atlético and if the team could be higher watching LaLiga de Madrid and Barça: “To think about what rivals are doing based on your question would be to underestimate what they are doing. If they are there it is on their own merits in a championship that does not record the numbers of previous championships. The numbers João and Álvaro mark the situation. João is his first year, he comes from playing six, seven months in Portugal. I am not surprised by anything that is happening to him. We hope much more, that it will come with maturation and life ”.
–Complaints VAR Barça, Madrid: “I think the VAR clearly exposes something that we can all see. The referee sees it, with the tranquility that TV allows him, people at home see it too, when we finish a game we review it and see it. Clearer impossible. But it is always a person who ends up deciding. We are going to be harmed and benefited but now it is clear to us the offside, which could be criminal and it is not, yes, you can see it. We are all more exposed ”.
–Missed penalties, Atlético players: “Atlético is one of the teams that has missed the most penalties. I have to refer to a lot of years ago. We try to continue improving something important and increasingly difficult, the goalkeepers are better, more prepared… It is a situation that we hope to continue minimizing and improving ”.
-João, angry the other day: “He was leaving the Mallorca game with an important blow that he had been given against Alavés. He was in pain but left wanting to participate. He made an interesting first time, with goal situations that always have them. We always focus on João and we have to focus on a lot of cases such as the one in Lodi, who is also a young boy who has started to evolve. He has extraordinary games and others that do not achieve balance. Let's give it time. Talent has, calm (João). What he has to do is not leave the group, be patient. That anger is for the situations that he wants to show, his qualities and characteristics, which at times costs him. That will be given by maturation, balance, group, making yourself available to see and improve. No footballer at 20 years old are absolute stars and he is in that process. Talent has, undoubtedly, we all see it, then there is everything else. Humble, hard-working, good education, respectful with colleagues, gets along well with the whole group … “.
–Saul: “There are players who are very important to the team and he is. Interpret everything. He has a very important position on the field for the defensive part and the start, on a stopped ball. He reads very well what happens in the game, the numbers alone speak, and his physical condition also allows him to sustain all this number of games he has been playing. ”