Diego Pablo Simeone went through the Movistar LaLiga microphones after the Atlético de Madrid to Osasuna in The Sadar.
Victory: “Important. We needed to make a good match. Osasuna came to make a good match in San Sebastián. We knew that we were going to encounter difficulties and the second goal caused another match to be generated. We found spaces and we were able to break the match. We left with the victory”.
Impulse: “The team needs to keep improving. We have not played in three months. In Bilbao it was an interesting game because it was the first. We have changed quite a few players and we have reacted in the same way. We are going to need everyone. to be ready for when he plays because he is going to play. “
João Félix: “He is a decisive player. Very dynamic. In that area where he occupies places to meet the goal. The second goal is a great assist from Costa that he accompanies. The performance of the team makes me happy. Llorente entered and made a move Morata was also very good and that generates something important for what is to come. “
Later he spoke in the press room
The holders resolved and the substitutes finished off.
We have an important squad and with the possibility of making five substitutions if each one who enters today's level gives us options to compete as we want. It was an important game for us, we needed to win and the game was difficult until the second goal, where the game started to have another rhythm and other spaces. Those who entered gave us that vertigo that the team has.
João Félix was decisive. Did he expect his return like this?
I always expect the best from my footballers. They are working well, he came from a stage that could not finish the preparation and he has talent, when he is in the vicinity of the area it is very difficult to control. He took advantage of the first goal very well, was well positioned in the second and we were able to combine well enough to make him appear.
What did you like?
For those who are always with the numbers, we had three very difficult away games, Liverpool, Bilbao and Osasuna and we have responded quite well. We compete with difficulties in Liverpool, Bilbao or also today and after those games outside that we needed to improve I have that satisfaction, the team is doing something else and we have to continue and we have to be as creative as possible to combine as a result of what the equipment.
The Champions will be in Lisbon, do you see that format more affordable?
The Champions League is always very complicated because there are huge rivals and it will not be the exception with this format.
Does João Félix or Costa's generosity make you happier?
The second half makes me very happy. Costa's play assisting João, Llorente's entry making a goal and two assists, Morata's goal with a great move, Carrasco's pressure on his goal with Llorente's assistance… and that speaks well of them, of the footballers that they are the most important, that they feel that the squad will achieve the goal in a championship with so many matches, it is difficult to sustain so many matches and the squad will end up having the strength to do so.
They sent with the ball.
Today was good, the five goals change the game that was until 2-0 and we were able to carry it out with the forcefulness that the team had. We are counting on many footballers, Marcos performs in a place that he did not even think of and has incredible strength, especially with spaces. Héctor gives us peace of mind, Saúl perseverance, Thomas strength, Koke stability and they must compete between them and I err as little as possible to hit the best that they can compete.