Diego Pablo Simeone, Atlético de Madrid coach, especially highlighted the second half of his team against Athletic Bilbao after beating them 2-1 in the match postponed by Filomena at the Metropolitano.
The will of Joao Félix
“I think that possibly I express myself badly or you do not know how to interpret me. I have always spoken of will in general. Then if you want to personalize it is something else. Will is the most important thing in life. But for everyone. If you want to overcome any obstacle you need will. Atlético played a great game against a team that made it very difficult for us. It is a team that defends very well and also attacks very well. The team recovered in the first minutes of them, which were very good, the goal helped us to gather strength for halftime. The second half I liked everything ”.
Saul moment
“Saúl is very important to us. We need him to keep adding good performances. He had a very important recovery at the end of the game. It was key. He is very important in the group, in the dressing room … As obviously the numbers he has throughout his career show … If he does not play now it is usually the first change ”.
Importance of having the same matches
“This was a very important game as you valued after Sunday's draw. We needed to get back to victory. Especially after the effort on Sunday. What I liked the most about the team is that after 10-12 minutes at the start, from minute 35 on the team re-engaged in the game. This match allows us to equalize the days with the rest of the teams that we compete. We are in the Spanish League and any team is capable of beating you, each game is going to be very difficult ”.
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“It is as they saw it. He ended up very tired. In the end we put him later to work the defensive part and look for the counter with his speed. Marcos is a footballer who can be identified with the word will. In the beginning we did not have him, he stayed on the bench … and continued training. With will you can achieve whatever you want in life. Right now he is a very important player for Atlético de Madrid and for the Spanish National Team ”.
Suárez and Llorente
“I want to hold onto the group. The team understood that he was not having a good time in the first minutes, but through order. Then the group and the team itself generated a second half that we liked a lot ”.