Diego Pablo Simeone, coach of the
Atlético de Madrid
, won his eighth title with the mattress team, his second League. After several days of festivities, the coach stopped to launch some reflections, such as that “it would have been unfair for the Athletic do not take this League”.
“May the Atlético de Madrid And those who win do not win, it always gives us hope that by working well, that having perseverance, being patient, rebelling against adversity … it is possible ”, he declared.
He did it in an interview on Radio La Red de Argentina, in which he pointed out and recalled that his team was more than two-thirds of the championship at the head of the table. “We had to make a great effort in the end to win a very important title for our people. “There are many years of work, this season was extraordinary, we were at the helm for 30 consecutive dates. Sometimes football is not fair. We lived with that anxiety, with those nerves, we repeated this triumph with this legacy left by many players in these eight years, where we have built based on a lot of work, a lot of management, a lot of effort. Based on the good results, it allowed us to grow institutionally, to bring in better footballers ”, he pointed out to add:“ May the Atlético de Madrid and it does not give the usual hope that you can “
For him CholoThis achievement allows us to “get a little closer” to the two mastodons of Spanish football. “It allowed us to get closer, because in a league with Real
Madrid Y Barcelona, it is very difficult to win again. On Germany usually wins the Bayern, in Italy the Juventus, is more even in England… but in Spain they are always the real Madrid and the Barça. It is very difficult”.
“The difference of 10 or 15 points … making 50 in the first round is a League of 100 points. It was impossible to redouble the second round. In this one we get 86. When people say that the Real Madrid he had a bad season, but the truth is that he lost four games, the same as us. If we win the title it is because we won one more game than they did. This makes us better, because it makes us improve, overcome and compete against those who will always be there ”, he remarked.
THE KEY MOMENT AND THE MANAGEMENT OF THE CORONAVIRUS
The Cholo He explained that there was a match from which he came out convinced that he was champions. Was that of Elche. “When we came out alive from the penalty ElcheThere I said there is a smell that could be ours. When they missed that penalty … We played a great game in Barcelona, then we took the games that came, with demand, because in The league it is never easy. We made a great effort to win a very important title for our people ”, he pointed out.
The Argentine explained that for him it has been one of the most complicated seasons, for everything that happened. “We did a terrible first lap, we got from 57 points 50, almost unrepeatable. Of 23 footballers we had 21 with Coronavirus, we had to manage when they returned, the temporary Filomena … You arrive at training and you do not know who you can train with, if you have to do it remotely, if you have to do individual sessions. It was a very tough year, “he said.
HAPPY BY STRAP
Finally, the coach of the Athletic He remembered one footballer in particular, of Angel
strap, key in the achievement of the title. “strap he has played every game of the year. He is a humble, hard-working, talented guy, dedicated to the cause, talented, who always has goal situations. I told him to be calm because the goal was going to arrive, because life pays those who work and you work. It makes me very happy because he is one of us ”.
He also talked about other players like Suarez. “It is not the same to play with town, Coast, Griezman… We left that 4-4-2 to play again as in River, Students, with a line of three. We are looking for those same players who asked us to change the system. Showed up Lemar that gave us a huge leap in quality, a Koke huge that is more offensive than defensive for those who criticize us, Llorente who gave us 14 goals in the middle of the court, we played with a Trippier which is extraordinary, with a Carrasco in the left lane, who played, worked, assisted … And all that generated that we could exploit the best that Suárez has, which is the goal, “he said.