“Fighting racism depends on everyone, not on one person alone”
MADRID, 31 Mar. (EUROPA PRESS) –
The coach of Atlético de Madrid, Diego Pablo Simeone, has assured that forward Álvaro Morata will be “even more motivated” to try to change the whistles he heard in the Spain-Brazil match at the Santiago Bernabéu “due to applause”, and he hopes that the team can “do things well away from home” this Monday in their EA Sports LaLiga match against Villarreal.
“Motivation,” he responded at a press conference to why the Bernabéu whistles should have woken up the Madrid attacker. “Surely what will come to Álvaro’s mind is to be even more motivated, to change those whistles for applause and respond in the best way. He is a very important player for us and these situations provoke more desire to do things well,” he continued. .
On the other hand, regarding the date of the match against Villarreal, ‘Cholo’ did not want to look for excuses and assumed that “the calendar” has led them “to play on Monday.” “The footballers have returned well from their national teams, thank God, and we have worked with great enthusiasm and enthusiasm with the boys who stayed here training these two weeks. Tomorrow we have a very important match with an opponent who knows what who plays, who interprets very well what the coach proposes to them,” he indicated.
The Argentine coach also offered no explanation for the team’s performance away from home, and hopes that they can correct it at the Estadio de la Cerámica. “With nine dates remaining, it is difficult to plan this game tomorrow. We plan it from what there is, from what we see. We have to try to improve and try to do things well away from home,” he stressed.
Regarding the new episodes of racism in Spanish football, in Getafe-Sevilla and in Sestao River-Rayo Majadahonda, the red and white coach insisted that it is a problem “for everyone.” “It is difficult to continue talking about the same thing more. It depends on everyone, it does not depend on one person alone, it depends on the entire society. We all need to improve,” he said.
In another order of things, Simeone was happy about the renewal of Koke Resurrección. “We have known Koke since he was very young, we have been lucky enough to accompany him throughout his growth, how important he is for our team. Now we are going to accompany him in this renewal so that he can continue helping us from wherever he is,” he said. .
Finally, he spoke about the adaptation of Belgian midfielder Arthur Vermeeren. “We must accompany him, make him grow. He is young, he has many things to give us. He arrived at a time with many games without being able to train; he has something important, which is wanting to improve, he adapted with humility and will surely help us at the moment when that we can accompany him. We must give him the confidence that is needed to have continuity in LaLiga. Time and patience, we know that there is a good footballer,” he concluded.