Simeone, proud and surrendered to Oblak: “To win you have to have a good goalkeeper”

Simeone appeared at the flash interview of ‘Movistar Liga de Campeones’ to give his first impressions after the victory against Porto that puts him in the second round.

Sensations: “Happy, proud of my players. Today they again showed personality, hierarchy, knowing how to suffer, recovering from the difficulties we had. Of four centers we were missing three, a great game from Vrsaljko, Kondogbia also very well and compensating together we were able to get a very good game intense, with great performances from Oblak and passing in a group that we knew was difficult. Liverpool were the best and we were the best between Porto, Milan and Atlético. “

Gestures of relief: “I don’t know when it was, I’d be thinking what to do. Something related to that.”

Tension: “It was a Champions League match, with all the arguments that a Champions League match has, the rival qualified by drawing and is very competitive. They receive few goals, fight, fight, work, but we had great performances, a good performance as a team and a second time as we imagined “.

Vrsaljko ended up crying: “It makes me very happy for him, the whole second half he played with his face hurt and this is good when you tell the group that everyone is important and that whoever plays less has to appear. He had played in preseason there, he has strength, Heading speed and inside pass and he met all the requirements. “

Oblak saved: “To win you have to have a good goalkeeper.”

Difficult moments: “I do not stop to stay in what is happening, we seek to look forward and what they are doing. Two or three footballers came, but very good ones that we have to put them where the team can function better and the groups end up winning, the teams they all work the same “.

At press conference

How did you feel when the referee whistled the end?

They have been at the club for ten years and the team always ends up exciting me even more. In the difficulties, without three centrals of the four, they showed that all are important. For the quality of minutes. He played Vrsaljko, he did it with a broken face the whole game. We knew it was going to serve as our third center-back. Kondogbia repeated central. The whole team got involved to play with the heart, to work…. Our great doorman appeared. We had chances at the beginning, then they were better. And then it was a goal, he wins.

It has been a very difficult few days. What does the body ask you to say after this victory?

It is normal that people have to demand us. We are Atlético de Madrid. It rebels us. The boys who came in from the bank, Cunha, Correa, Lodi, they left everything. That is us. We can win or lose. Compete, give everything, play smart. The changes came in to do what they did, to break speed… For that Correa is a specialist.

How was the dressing room?

What I get, what I feel is that it is a clear message for the dressing room. Difficulties, commitment, give everything, surrender … and play. Because they play well. Three or four players have come who are very good. They can give us good things.

How will you remember tonight?

It was a great day. The boys in the Youth League. And I said that I also want to pass. Porto is similar to us, with a very clear game and the match had everything: expulsion, fight, 0-3 advantage, without knowing how Milan was doing. Soccer. So cute.

Now what?

We had one of the most difficult groups. We were going to score points between all of us. Between Milan, Porto and us we got more points than the two teams we were competing with. We need to improve. But the way to improve is this.

Does the ranking reflect the quality of the teams?

It doesn’t matter what you do or how you play. The result matters. In the result is the place where each of us ends up.

He spoke of two similar teams. What was the difference for that 1-3?

-We both play the same game. After the goal it was another game. Our expulsion came, then that of Porto. This competition does not forgive mistakes and the Champions League is like that.