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MADRID, 11 Ene. (EUROPA PRESS) –
The coach of Atlético de Madrid, Diego Pablo Simeone, has highlighted that the media have “a lot of strength” and that they will be key to judging everything that happened with the ‘Olmo case’ and FC Barcelona, and he has preferred to remain silent rather than give his opinion. of the sanction to Vinícius, in addition to warning of the danger of facing Osasuna this Sunday, a team with “needs” but that plays “bravely.”
“I’d better keep quiet,” he responded at a press conference when he was questioned about whether the rest of the teams compete on equal terms with Barça and Real Madrid after the CSD’s extremely cautious move for Dani Olmo and the sanction of only two games against the Brazilian striker for his expulsion at Mestalla.
Even so, he explained that the team is “absolutely in agreement in everything with the statement transmitted by Atlético de Madrid.” “We share that statement. Public opinion continually does not agree with what is happening. I think that we, the coaches, the only thing we have to do is continue working, looking for the best for our team, hope that the people who have to address the issue in the best way. You, who are journalists, are the ones who in the end are going to push one way or the other. You have a lot of strength and you know it,” he indicated.
In this sense, he assured that the press will be the one to decide if the ‘Olmo case’ is a turning point. “It’s very simple: depending on where you are going,” he noted, defending the fact that several teams have issued statements on the subject. “I don’t think the word is that they have ‘complained’, but that they have ‘given their opinion’ based on something that we all have to live with and that we all have to respect. I don’t think that is a complaint,” he clarified.
Furthermore, the Argentine coach evaluated this Sunday’s duel against Osasuna. “We are going to face a team that plays well, that attacks with a lot of people, that comes from games in which they have not deserved to lose or draw. They have always played with courage in their game. I don’t know if they will play with three centre-backs like many They commented before, I don’t think so, because the offensive part has been working very well above all. Tomorrow we are going to meet a team that has needs like we have and we will have to take the game to where we believe we can hurt them,” he said. .
In another vein, he talked about the competition between Pablo Barrios and Koke. “Comparisons are never good, because each footballer is different, each one has different characteristics. Koke has already shown everything he has shown in his long career at the club, and Pablo is beginning to show with his youth, with his plenitude, with His vitality, all that strength that we need from the boys who come up from the youth team. Let’s hope that he continues to grow, let’s let him grow. I don’t think it’s good. I hope that Koke continues to give us the time that he continues to be with us and that Pablo begins to help us. give everything what we all imagine,” he said.
“With Koke we have one thing in favor, which is that he has known us for many years and has already experienced this type of situation with a lot of teammates. What leaves me calmer is his completeness, his desire, his enthusiasm, his interpretation , his awareness of where he is and the captain he is for us, and how important he is in the moments when we call him to the cause. He is competing with Pablo, but we are going to need him,” he continued.
Thus, the behavior of the usual substitutes stood out. “It is clear that it is not easy, it depends on the awareness of the footballers who do not have to enter from the beginning. Their connection, their behavior, their understanding based on the awareness of where you are, in the place you are, is important. and for the club to which you belong. They have done it to this day in the best way and I hope that we can continue to live with this situation. Now there are going to be many games, we play four games in nine days, every three days we have to play, and we will rotate. We need absolutely everyone. that for the path we have as our goal we need everyone,” he explained.
Finally, ‘Cholo’ valued Andrea Berta’s departure from the club. “I cannot give an opinion on what the club decides. I appreciate the great work that Andrea has had with us. We have had a very open, very healthy, very clean relationship, obviously with discussions, as usually happens after so many years, but with the clarity of seeking the common goal, which was the best for Atlético de Madrid. I have no doubt that he gave everything he could give to Atlético de Madrid. I thank him for all this time we have been together and I wish him. the best,” he concluded.