MADRID, 5 Mar. (EUROPA PRESS) –
The Uruguayan Defense of Atlético de Madrid, José María Giménez, said Tuesday that his team was “totally superior” to the second goal of Real Madrid in the first leg of the round of 16 of the Champions League, but acknowledged that “that is not enough” because the white team can score “with the minimum possibility.”
“Until the second goal, I think we were totally superior with the ball on our feet, but that is not enough. In the end they have class, they have quality and with the minimal possibility they make a goal. That’s how it was and after 2-1 we already lost control of the game,” the mattress defense told the media after the game.
Giménez left the Santiago Bernabéu “angry” because the team deserved more “for how it came” and how they were doing things in the last games. “After their goal we made a good game, until the second goal. After the second goal we couldn’t drive well. They could really do a third. We have to correct what we did wrong, keep improving our virtues and what we did well, which were many,” he said.
“We wanted to reach the pressures well, especially the sides, on the sides there was a lot of duel. And the 5-4-1 in the end makes us more load the medium and be able to get better, press better and obviously it was totally tactical. We did not settle for 2-1, we wanted to tie it,” he said.
Therefore, Giménez showed “full confidence” on Wednesday’s turn of next week “in the Metropolitan” with the present colchonera fans to overcome the tie. “Trust, motivate us with our people and know that it is a final and that you have to win,” he concluded.