MADRID, 28 Oct. (EUROPA PRESS) –
The coach of Atlético de Madrid, Diego Pablo Simeone, affirmed this Friday that he only thinks about what is “in front of him” and that he is not worried about the possibility of being questioned after being eliminated from the Champions League because he knows his job very well. and delivery to the Madrid club.
“I feel that I have to play a great game against Cádiz and that I have to continue working giving everything we have given since we got here, I don’t think about anything other than what we have in front of us. A great Spanish writer said that he didn’t care what They will think of him and I think exactly the same, I know what I give and how I give myself. This does not end today,” Simeone said at a press conference.
The Argentine was also clear about the mood at the club. “The people of a big club like this do not allow themselves to lower their arms, I have not seen it in my long years here. There are always difficult moments in a season, but I am clear about what I want, I know what I am looking for and I am going to continue training in this way and as always I will seek to give the best I have for my club”, he stressed.
The ‘Cholo’ reiterated the “disappointment” of having fallen in the Champions League and recalled “the effort” that has been put into trying to always go far in this competition. “But this continues, there is a league, an important game where we must continue to find the path we have been following since Seville,” he pointed out.
“I understand that the team is doing things very well and Wednesday’s draw does not change my thinking, I still think that we are finding what we feel most identified with in the game. Now we have to be strong, calm and work, which is the only thing what counts,” he added.
The mattress coach praised Rodrigo de Paul’s good game against Leverkusen, although he stressed that there are more players “with that personality”. “His and Saúl’s entrance gave us strength, dynamism and arrival. Rodrigo is an important player and when he plays like in the second half the other day he shows the footballer we went looking for and that is what we have to demand of him”, he assured.
The elimination of the Champions will mean less income, but ‘Cholo’ is not worried if that translates into the departure of players because they have already “reinvented themselves a lot of times”. “Nobody is essential. They left a lot after winning the League in 2014 and then Godín and Gabi, and the team also reinvented itself,” the Argentine remarked.
Asked about Joao Felix and his little participation, Simeone, after making it clear that he has “nothing to say about his private life”, explained that he has “five very good offensive footballers and with the possibility of playing”, and about the Portuguese’s request to Carrasco to take the penalty, he believes that “it is a sign of attitude in a situation that could define a match”. “But attitude is bigger than a situation,” he warned.