“Vermeeren has a good present and an important future”
MADRID, 27 Ene. (EUROPA PRESS) –
The coach of Atlético de Madrid, Diego Pablo Simeone, has assured that “it is not easy to win and win again”, that it is a pressure that “wears out and stresses”, and has warned of the danger of Valencia, who they will face this Sunday in the Cívitas Metropolitano and that it has “a very elastic and functional 4-4-2” and that emerges “very well from pressure.”
“It is difficult to explain what the other person feels, he explained his feeling very well, it is understandable and respectable,” he declared at a press conference about Jürgen Klopp's decision to leave Liverpool at the end of the season. “He is a great coach, who has done a great job at Liverpool and rebuilt the team again this season. He is competing very well in the Europa League, in the English Cup he is also well positioned, in the league he is also very good and All of this generates even more what it is generating for him,” he added.
In addition, he reflected on the coach's work, alluding to an emblematic phrase by Luis Aragonés. “It's not easy to win, win and win again, as our Luis says, but it's exhausting and stressful, it makes you dizzy sometimes. He decided it was time to quit, he said it ahead of time, and I hope that everything goes well for him.” decide, because he is a football man who in recent years has shown what a great coach he is,” he said.
On the other hand, the Argentine coach explained that the team must “continue working with the same energy” and “improve in the situations in which it needs to improve” on a collective level. “When we prepare the squad we do it thinking about competing in all competitions. We always think about who can do better in the game we have to play. There are 13 games in 20 days, so we look game by game,” he stressed.
For this reason, it downplays the fact of having 48 hours less rest than Athletic Club after the Copa del Rey quarterfinals. “I don't get into that situation, the people who must interpret these types of situations are intelligent enough to determine what best suits the competition. We accept the place we have, thinking more than ever about the game by game,” he said.
Regarding the match against Rubén Baraja's team, he acknowledged his admiration for the 'Che' team. “I love how Valencia plays. They are a team of young people who follow the very clear idea of their coach. They know how to work very well in that 4-4-2, very elastic and functional, very good in a low block, coming out very well of the pressures. The season they are having is no coincidence, it is the team I see. Tomorrow we will have to take the game to where we believe we can hurt them,” he said.
In another order of things, 'Cholo' valued the signing of Belgian midfielder Arthur Vermeeren. “Arthur has a good present and surely an important future. We will have to work with him, help him grow and generate internal competition. He is young, I already told him that football has no age; Axel -Witsel- is 35 and plays every game. Age is determined by the head and the legs. The quicker he adapts, the better it will be for him and for us, who believe in his characteristics and in the footballer he will become. But we are in a club where you have to work,” he insisted.
“He can play in any of the three places in the middle, double middle, these are the characteristics that we saw in his 'Champions' matches and also in his league. What we saw is very good, but we hope that with time and knowing how to handle it, because he is young, he is here to help us,” he continued.
He also spoke about the form of Memphis and Ángel Correa. “Everyone who is available has the need to be prepared to play. When? When it is their turn and the coach decides. When positive things happen you have to accompany that moment and choose the best possible,” he indicated.
Finally, Simeone analyzed the team's chemistry with the fans. “It is difficult to explain something that is a feeling, something very deep that cannot be explained with words, but with actions. What has been perceived in recent years is very strong. These years have accompanied the results more and everything has grown: the club, the stadium, the team and the fans. That generates excitement for all those who were born fans of Atlético de Madrid,” he concluded.