MADRID, 8 One. (EUROPA PRESS) –
The coach of Atlético de Madrid, Diego Pablo Simeone, has acknowledged that he is “concerned” about the relapses of injury that the team is suffering, something that “is not normal” and for which they will try to find “solutions”, and has warned of the danger from his rival this Sunday, Villarreal, a rival “who always competes.”
“They worry me, they occupy me and we will try to find solutions. It is not normal that there are three relapses, and those that were,” he declared at a press conference about the relapses of this season by Antoine Griezmann, Thomas Lemar and Marcos Llorente.
On the other hand, the Argentine coach spoke of his possibilities in the center of the field. “We are trying to see how Koke recovers from COVID-19, like Joao and Herrera. We are happy to have them in the team because it opens up the possibility of alternatives to have different characteristics. Kondogbia has been doing very well in that midfielder position with Rodrigo. Tomorrow we will decide who starts, “he said.
He also valued the options for the right back after the departure of English Kieran Trippier. “We have Sime -Vrsaljko-, who can do it and he has done very well when he had to play; it is his natural position. Trippier’s departure opens up the possibility of having Marcos -Llorente- as a winger, as in the Spanish team with Luis Enrique. A player cannot play in two places at the same time, so we try to choose what compensates and makes us better as a team, “he said.
In addition, despite having opted for the defense of four in the last matches, the ‘Cholo’ confirmed that he will not renounce his traditional scheme with three centrals. “It is early to appreciate something. Good things have been shown in these last two games. Carrasco’s presence on the right gives us breadth and depth to take advantage of the strikers we have. He is accommodating to this performance, but I do not put aside the previous system, which gave us many successes; we were champions and we competed very well, “he stressed.
Finally, Simeone was full of praise for his rival this Sunday and his coach, Unai Emery. “I value Villarreal as a team, they have a great coach. His team, beyond winning or losing, always competes, plays well, attacks and defends well, is organized, knows how to attack and defend, it causes mistakes and that you go out so that create spaces … I really like how Villarreal plays, “he concluded.