MADRID, 4 Ene. (EUROPA PRESS) –
The Atlético de Madrid coach, Diego Pablo Simeone, is clear that the French striker Antoine Griezmann “is a good image for his teammates” and that it is a demonstration that “the field speaks”, while he acknowledged that he is looking to “provide stability to the game” with few changes as a formula to get out of a “bad” moment.
“A week before going to the World Cup, he played very well against Almazán and with the same illusion. He has recovered the affection of the people and the field speaks, he is a good image for his teammates and he is an extraordinary player despite what many thought the opposite,” Simeone stressed at a press conference after this Wednesday’s match against Oviedo in the Copa del Rey.
He also praised the young Pablo Barrios who they have been “following for a long time” and who did not train with the first team “because he was with Juvenil”. “For me there are no ages but players who understand the game, it has a promising future that excites us,” he stressed.
The ‘Cholo’ was left “with the feeling that the team is transmitting game after game”, especially at the level of “enthusiasm, commitment and looking for the way to do damage”. “We had a good start and we made a first half with speed and with important people offensively to do damage”, commented
“We had situations that we could have solved better and put ourselves with a greater advantage and in the second half we gave the game to them, we didn’t play and not much happened, but Oviedo pressed a lot and tried to tie. Then Barrios came in very well and Kondogbia it gave us more strength, and we accommodated ourselves in a different way with Reguilón and Llorente, and the second beautiful goal came”, added the Argentine.
The ‘Cholo’ made clear the “important commitment of all the players for what is needed at the time of the game” and the need to “compete internally because that is the best way for everyone to improve.”
“We have been doing poorly in previous seasons in the Cup and now we have passed the first qualifying rounds and everything looks different, but before we also tried to pass them. We are trying to change little to give stability to the game because we come from a bad moment and we have many desire to revert it and now it is necessary to demonstrate it in the field because the words are not useful for anything”, sentenced.