Captain Koke, President Cerezo and Coach Simeone were in charge of evaluating the draw for the quarterfinals and semifinals of the 2019-20 Champions League., whose draw was this morning in Nyon. Telematically and from Madrid, they were ready to assess the previous one, like the rest of the teams that will play this unique final phase in Lisbon, due to the coronavirus pandemic, but due to connection problems, which did not work, they did not You heard Koke's assessments before. But neither did Cholo's later. UEFA tried once the draw ended but the same thing happened again, technical problems prevented knowing the coach's values.
Of course, the cameras caught the conversation off the record between Cerezo and Simeone. The president asked about the Leipzig attack and how they had ended up in the German league and Cholo answered: “They are fourth, they attack well”. Later, the connection also 'caught' both of them discovering who their rivals will be in the semifinals, if they exceed the fourths: “Atalanta and PSG”.
With the representatives of Leipzig, meanwhile, the connection did work. “We have a clear philosophy. Young players, a good coach who is transmitting his ideas to young people, we have finished third in the league. It is something great that we have achieved this year and to see what happens with Atlético“