Simeone: “João Félix is ​​happy and enthusiastic”

Simeone spoke at a press conference about the match against Manchester United. The Atlético coach indicated that “

Atlético was capable of winning in stadiums like Chelsea or Liverpool.

We know that all games are different. It is true that we had to play against Premier League teams and we won in these stadiums, but we know the power and importance of the rival, with its people, its atmosphere…

João Félix is ​​performing at a high level.

João Félix meets what the team needs, we have a way of working with the forwards. He’s doing very well, he’s happy, enthusiastic and it’s very important on an individual level so that he can later move on to the collective, which is what matters.

Is it a game so that the players who are between cottons can force, risk?

Those who are able to be, will be, we will seek to be the best we have. We have a plague of casualties and those who see that they are better will play.

Can you aspire to play a game like the first leg?

Our rank as a team is that. No moment of the game is the same, it is divided depending on its characteristics. If the team achieves intense pressure, it creates difficulties for the rival.

Do you expect a game that will be long because of the pace of it?

I think that due to the characteristics of the Manchester United players and ours, I imagine a dynamic match, with alternating moments, with low pressure from us and also high… We will have the counterattack to take advantage of any mistake they may have.

There are rumors about you that PSG is interested in….

Manchester United.

It has taken a lot for the team to get to the point where it is at this point in the season.

This season has been one of the most complex since we are. But we try to have alternatives, solutions and we will find them as the meetings progress.

He is accused of playing defensive football at Atlético.

In football everything is debatable and everyone tries to generate the best where they work. In these ten years we found a path and tried to stimulate it.

Do you watch a game more than ninety minutes?

We will have to solve from what can happen. With the characteristics of them and us, you will surely alternate. They have backlash, we can wait and have backlash. We will see a match in a fantastic stadium, this stadium has been filled with historic matches. I remember a match with Estudiantes de La Plata, with Verón’s father…. It is a stadium full of matches like the one we are going to see.