MADRID, September 30 (EUROPA PRESS) – The coach of Atlético de Madrid, Diego Pablo Simeone, asked the club to take measures against those who threw objects this Sunday in the derby against Real Madrid at the Metropolitano, but also demanded “sanctions “to players who provoke, as rival goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois reported doing.
“The people who have committed those incidents, the club will have to make a decision. We don’t need those people on our stands, we need the people who drive us, who support us, who think about the club and the team. That doesn’t happen.” justifies generating the situations that arise, because we as protagonists can also help prevent those things from happening,” he said at a press conference after the 1-1 draw in the derby.
“People don’t react just for the sake of it, they react for something. That doesn’t justify that this is right, but be careful that we can also begin to sanction us protagonists who harass people, incite people and, since we are protagonists, it doesn’t happen.” nothing, and whoever is outside, watching the game, you are charging me and nothing happens. It doesn’t justify but be careful with what we generate sanctions to the one who provokes, that’s how we balance,” he added.
The ‘Cholo’ pointed to Courtois’s “provocations”, “you can see when he charges people and laughs”, and gestures that, “as they are not sanctioned”, can be allowed. “It happened to him at the Bernabéu, it should not happen, but it will happen again. The clubs should not allow those people to be there, but be careful with us, we are not victims if we charge because there may be a reaction, it is not good when we provoke , whatever it’s called,” he said.
In addition to the suspension of the match, with the throwing of bottles and lighters after 0-1, the Atlético coach spoke of a match with few chances. “The first half we defended correctly, we didn’t play well. In the second, we were playing well, we were in a good moment when Madrid’s goal appeared. This episode appeared that favored us. I told them in the locker room what I felt and the team entered and he played in a different way, he caused danger and the tie came. We deserved the tie,” he said.
Finally, Simeone celebrated with “immense joy” the decisive pass from Javi Galán who took advantage of his first minutes, while praising Ángel Correa, who made it 1-1 in the 96th minute. “He has something different from the others, wants to play more, but from my place I have to find balance,” he concluded.