“João Félix is ​​really looking forward to it and it's great to have him”

Diego Pablo Simeone addressed the press the day before dand face Levante for the first time this week, in the postponed match corresponding to the second day of the League. On Saturday he will have the Granota team in front of him again, with two games in four days.

Is it difficult to have to face the same team twice in four days?

As always, we will think first about the first match and from tomorrow on the second, with the possibility that they will play in the same way or not. Levante has been handling very good football for some time, they have a coach who transmits the tranquility to play at the rhythm at which they play and compete as they compete. It is shown in what is happening to them in the Copa del Rey, with a great option of reaching a final.

How is João Félix?

Well, he has not had many symptoms that have left him unable to train since the third or fourth day from home together with the teachers. He is looking forward to coming back and it is healthy and great to have him tomorrow. From what we consider tomorrow we will decide what to do.

It is a postponed match, is it useful to see the real distance?

We adapt to what LaLiga has proposed as a result of the fact that we have started later. It is our turn this week to face this match and we will try to take it to where we think we can hurt our rival.

They are not suffering a lot of muscle injuries, have they changed anything?

They are moments, years where injuries appear and others do not. The work is always very careful from the doctors and especially from the physical condition and there are times that it turns out well and others that it does not turn out in the best way.

Are you considering giving Suarez a break from possible injuries?

As always we think about the importance of the next game ahead and we don't think about anything else, and less negative of course.

They are very strong at home and you outside, how do you see the game?

Difficult, complex as always when we play against Levante, especially in their field. He has proposed a very defined game for a long time, he has grown in the number of footballers to be able to rotate and represent what the team wants to do on the field and that has led him to have options to be in the Cup final. well, we saw especially at home.

Is it a key moment of the season?

You explained it perfectly. At various times of the season there is a LaLiga moment, to be closer to the goals, but it is represented in all the games, so we are heading more than ever to match by match. Each meeting that we have ahead is the option to continue improving or growing.

Have you talked with Suárez about the possibility of leaving in the summer?

Normally I do not speak of the personal contracts of the footballers. I talk about the team, like trying to attack, but I do not interfere in personal matters.

With a victory you would equal Luis Aragonés, do you stop to think about it?

I believe that everything in life, when we are in the whirlpool of our work as soon as you stop to look in the mirror is the worst time to continue growing. I try to always look ahead to try to grow and not stop for what has already happened. We will remember it in due course, today there is no room for that look.