Simeone: “I’m bitter …”

Simeone He attended the media with a sad gesture after suffering a very hard defeat, although he brings out positive things, because of how the team was squeezed in the second half.

A complicated match. How do you rate Felipe’s red and Jota’s kick in Trippier’s face?

You saw it. I have to take care of improving the team, having more regularity … We started attacking quite well, with Carrasco, a corner play with a cross from Correa … And everything they saw appeared, 1-0, 2-0, the red one… Playing again with one less but even more time against Liverpool is not easy. I congratulate the team for the patience and responsibility with which they played, everyone else loses 6-0, but we stayed calm. We were able to get involved with Suárez’s, but we leave calmly because we leave everything behind.

Is the change of criteria understood with Jota and Griezmann?

It is difficult to give an opinion because we do not see the plays well. Griezmann’s was fast, you can see it on TV, as you have seen Jota’s. Or the one that Giménez suffered against Porto, which is similar to Felipe’s today. We have to stop to improve the team, not this, although it influences, like this expulsion or the first leg, that we were more involved. Silence, work, be together. I liked the team because of how they accepted the game they had to play.

Atleti is third …

It is not far from the last one that touched us. For years it is difficult for us to pass, at the beginning we qualified faster. It’s time to have a good game against Milan.

He looks worried …

I’m bitter. The game went very fast, in the 30-35 minutes the game was going, two goals, the red one … It’s what I convey with what I feel. But I am satisfied, because we had a rival who many times scores six and seven goals. Our team had concentration and hopefully it will serve for the future.

What has changed with respect to Betis? The level of the rival?

It is very difficult to compare matches. In the question is the answer.

Griezmann has protested in the networks and Oblak is not satisfied with the arbitrations either …

Boys convey their emotions about what they perceive. We have to be strong because that way we will be competitive.