Categories: Football

Almirón: “Simeone is a reference and I try to learn from him”

The coach of the Elche CF, George
Almiron, said this Friday that the technician of the Atlético de Madrid, his compatriot Diego Pablo SimeoneHe is a benchmark and he tries to learn from him to accelerate his adaptation to the Spanish competition.

“I do not know him personally, but I have great admiration for him, for everything we have seen that he has achieved in Europe,” explained Almirón, who recalled that when Simeone arrived at Athletic the team was not doing well “but with a great management capacity, he reassembled it and managed to position it worldwide”.

Almirón had no doubts when he pointed out that the Atlético coach, whom he will face this Saturday, will be his country's national coach “at some point, because he is being expected.”

In relation to the game against him Athletic, Almiron assured that at Elche A very complicated commitment awaits him, although he said that his team has the illusion of “competing and being up to the task”.

The coach visualized a match similar to the one played against Villarreal, with dominance of the local team, and recalled that the Athletic
Madrid it is a team “that generates a lot of danger if it has spaces”.

Jorge Almiron ruled out having prepared his team “just to defend” and insisted that the Elche he needed to first “arm himself and then give him a collective idea of ​​the game”.

“I see a serious team in which the individualities are loosening,” said the Argentine, who did not hide the greatest significance for Elche in Tuesday's match against Osasuna, a direct rival.

“Tomorrow we will face the leader, but on Tuesday we will play a very important, transcendental match of our championship,” reiterated Almirón, who did not detail whether he will give rest to several of the players who accumulate the most minutes in the championship.

Gabby Barker

Gabby is someone who is interested in all types of sports, she loves to attend watching matches live. Whenever there is a match being played in her city, she makes sure to get the tickets in advance. Due to the love for sports, she joined Sportsfinding, and started writing general sports news. Apart from writing the news, she is also the editor for the website who checks and edits every news content before they go live.

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