Simeone: “Lock us up? Inertia and the rival push you back”

Diego Pablo Simeone attended the media before Getafe-Atlético this Saturday. The team has not yet looked at Chelsea and the coach explains those moments of stress in the final stages that the rojiblancos have experienced against Athletic and Real Madrid.

Does the team prioritize the League over the Champions League?

For ten years we have thought in only one way, match by match and we did not get out of that thought in the group …

They have conceded in 10 of the last 11 games. How do you see it?

I see different characteristics in the players of previous stages and those of now. There are many more goals in favor than last year and many more against. There are the differences. The numbers show that we have improved the scoring phase and we suffer more in the defensive part, we seek balance, which would be the ideal

How do you see Getafe?

We are paying attention to it now, its characteristics are still what led to the best moments. An aggressive, intense team, which is clear about what to play, which does not give up any ball … It has an enormous spirit to compete and that is what we are going to find, as always when we face the Bordalás team.

How do you rate the Llorente-Suárez duo?

They are not an attacking couple, one plays more in fear and the other later. The team plays very well as a team and thus the talents can stand out, one day Llorente, another Suárez, Correa, João, Saúl, Koke, the defense, Oblak…. The team is having a good season and the important men stand out from the game.

Is Oblak okay?

Yes. We decided that he would work in the gym today, but he will be at the game.

How is the team physically?

We try to get to each game in the best way possible. We came from a very great mental effort in the derby, we couldn't win, they tied us and that is why I appreciate, after losing 0-1 to Athletic, the reaction that the team had. There are still hours to rest and we hope to take the game where we can do damage.

Why does the team finish games so far behind?

It is usually inertia. I don't see many times that if a team is winning 1-0 or 2-1 and attacks the last five minutes. Normally the rival pushes in search of the goal and sometimes the tie appears, or another goal of the one who wins. It's soccer. It usually happens, even if one wants to sentence before. They would love for the matches to end 4-0, but it is difficult in the League …

And do you understand that it is said that they are locked up?

I get it. I also played and when the result is short, the anxiety grows because you want to win and you don't close it … A coach told me that if in 90 minutes you couldn't score two goals to increase the difference, you're not going to look for it in 93 Take it easy, it ends well … Inertia takes you backwards, see it in every game. When the result is short, inertia takes you back. If they tie us, it means that the team locks up. If we win, great team work. The headlines are written before it happens. But they are situations that happen continuously.