MADRID, 1 Oct. (EUROPA PRESS) –
The coach of Atlético de Madrid, Diego Pablo Simeone, spoke after his team’s comfortable 0-2 victory at the Ramón Sánchez-Pizjuán, which leaves Sevilla very touched, a team in which he was as a footballer and who hopes “that recover because it is always an important team in the Spanish league”.
“Sevilla always has a brave bet, with intention and I hope they recover because they are always an important team in the Spanish league,” said the Argentine coach at the press conference after the match.
In addition, the Argentine coach attributes the bad start to the season for the Nervionenses to the changes in the squad. “It’s not easy to supplant players like Diego Carlos and Koundé, Sevilla last season, if I’m not mistaken, was the goal with the fewest goals and it was thanks to the hierarchy and the potential that those centre-backs had”, he explained.
In another order of things, Simeone commented that, for the central position, today he has “other boys who will have to adapt”, with whom “he will have to work over time to be able to improve”. “We are left with many good things from this game. I am very happy with Marcos (Llorente)’s performance in that place, because he can give us a lot, a lot of strength, power. He returned to the goal, he needed it and the team needed it to him in front of the goal”, valued Simeone.
He also highlighted “the interpretation of the entire team”, and acknowledged that they could have killed the match before. “It is true that we could have solved it before, because that 2-0 is dangerous, more playing as a visitor, because the 2-1 takes you to a vertigo that you do not know what can happen, but we knew how to sustain it and it is true that we were not forceful in a lot of situations that we could have been,” he said.
The ‘Cholo’ feels that this team is “more recognizable”, because “the game works” as they want to play. “It is clear that when we win it is always much easier to feel close to what we did, but we also feel it when there is work but it is not your turn to win, because what you are going to look for is reproduced. Running, working and that is the search, at least with me, since I was and since I will be,” he declared.
On the other hand, the rojiblanco coach highlighted the “strength” that Stefan Savic and José María Giménez give to the team. “The other days, training with all the defenders, we talked about how they don’t appear in the photo, but they are the ones who support the team so that the others can appear in the photo”, he commented.
In addition, in attack he highlighted that “the team has an offensive hierarchy, it has players with different characteristics who can do it in the best way” and highlighted Marcos Llorente’s match. “He played in a new position that excites us, closer to where he likes the goal, and that’s something important, first for him and in general for the team,” he said.
The coach also spoke about Nahuel Molina, who left the game injured, but with “just a cramp”. “He’s young and has enormous potential, because he has many things to improve and he wants to improve. You have to help him and be patient; it’s clear that he doesn’t exist in football, but we have to believe in what we understand can be good for the team,” he said.
“Molina, due to his conditions, his characteristics, his work, is going to be an important footballer over time, when he also improves some situations,” added Simeone.
Simeone also analyzed “Witsel’s work in the middle of the field”, which, although “he has things to improve”, gives the team “tranquility so that the ball can circulate with quality and in transition”. “The important thing is to assess the overall. Carrasco entered very well, Griezmann the same, Joao Félix gave the little that touched him for what the team needed, Correa was close to scoring two goals. We need them all, there are many games to play. forward, so we need everyone to be excited to play and for the field to mark the game times”, concluded Simeone.