Atlético de Madrid coach Diego Pablo Simeone appreciated the 2-0 defeat in the derby against Real Madrid on Movistar’s microphones.
Keys to the derby
“Forcefulness in football is the most important thing, Madrid is going through a period of absolute forcefulness, it arrives and marks you and the game changes shape. We had a chance at the start of the second half and then they scored a great goal. “
Sensations after defeat
“We come from a very great mental effort in Portugal. They had the ball but no chances and from the goal the game took another path “
Valuation of your players
“The second ends up hurting you, but they gave everything, they are working very well, the championship is long, today we have a big difference with the first and we have to look at the one who is closest to us in the League and aim for the match at match”
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“At the moment they are playing very forceful, a football that I like, low block and with speed and forcefulness up. They are doing a very good championship until today ”.
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“No, Ancelotti we know he works in an extraordinary way, the team is responding to what he likes and takes advantage of what he has”
The press conference at the Santiago Bernabéu
A few minutes later, the Atlético de Madrid coach appeared before all the media at the telematic press conference held at the Santiago Bernabéu stadium.
Rival rating
“Real Madrid is very well. It is in a very good moment, with a lot of forcefulness, playing a football that I like very much, a low block, with a good transition, with speed and forcefulness up, taking advantage of the characteristics of its footballers and Ancelotti He is a great coach who has come back doing things very well. “
Chances of winning LaLiga
“There is a certain League, because there are a lot of matches left to play. It is clear that Madrid today got a number of important points not only from us. The Spanish League is complicated, complex, and at this moment we cannot afford to look any further. beyond the rival that is closer, which is Betis. We have one less game to try to get closer to the first one in front of us, which is Betis. “
Players
“Above all, they made a tremendous effort. Once again we had to play with Kondogbia in the defensive phase as a center back and the team collectively worked very well. We made a very big effort in Portugal. The goal hurts us. He also appears in a spoken situation ”.
The defense
“It is an aspect to improve. When the goals appear they are collective errors, not individual ones. Collectively we will look for this week, that we have to continue working. Peace of mind. There is no rush. The League is the day to day.”
Sensations after defeat
“It was an even game until their first goal. There were no goal situations and the forcefulness of Madrid began to mess up the game. In the second half we grew, we had some dangerous situation that the goalkeeper covered them very well and then came the 2-0 counterattack. They won justly. The forcefulness absolutely prevailed in the game. “
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