Simeone appeared before the media in the previous match against Alavés. It was a short press conference, concise by the coach, with few proper names. Atlético will travel to Vitoria this afternoon, where tomorrow they will face Alavés, bottom of this League. Despite the difficulties, Simeone predicts that he will compete.
-Griezmann, did you see improvement against Getafe?: “I always expect more from all my footballers. Because it is the only way to demand ourselves. As they expect more from us as a coaching staff we expect more from them. It is the only way to grow ”.
-Clorente, are you worried that you get tired of playing in a place that is not yours, like Saúl: “No, no, I'm not worried.”
-Appellation does not remove the yellow from João, Do the Committees treat Atleti differently?: “We are here to accept what the referee decides and to assume responsibility for the things we do. We think about the next game, keep improving in that situation that we need to improve and obviously we are working for it ”.
-As your game has been postponed after the break, they will be 17 days without competing before Liverpool, are you worried?: “Actually only two players would not participate in 17 days of soccer. All the others would be summoned by their selections ”.
-However, now he has played 7 games in 21 days, how does it take to prepare them like this, every two days: “As always, we have no excuse to be able to explain anything that we cannot control. That is handled by other understandings. We just play, improve the squad in all the competitions there will be. And take care of the game against Alavés. With his coach he had a very good growth at the end of last season and has competed very well, although now he is a needy opponent ”.
-Does a coach have to preserve the historical style or does it only matter to win ?: “This question is good to develop with more time than a conference allows us. From the coach side you always see what happens on the field, from other places different things that the coach is not so interested in. “
-How do you see the games with so much stoppage, interruptions? What possible solution can you have?: “I'm not in the place to find that kind of solution. It will have to be found by another entity to take care of this. We do what we have to do. And then there are the referees to handle it. Now there are five, six, seven minutes to spare and it seems fair to me ”.
-Low: “Now we are going to give the list, they will be informed. Lemar will not participate, he continues to improve from his injury and the others, except João, will be there in the next game.