Simeone appeared this noon before the media in a telematic way in the previous match against Levante (tomorrow, 9:30 p.m.). The coach reviewed the rojiblanca news with the focus on the balance that the team needs, between defense and attack, and the distribution of minutes that he makes in his squad, with names like Correa’s there. He put time to the trident, what’s more.
-Balance between attack and defense: “We are looking for the balance that all teams have to have in order to compete at a high level. We suffered a lot of starting goals, which has led us to change the course of the game. In many we went back, in which we could not, we were close. That speaks very well of the team’s reaction to what may happen in the game ”.
-Goals conceded, is it because the team has a more defensive vocation or is it due to specific errors?: “I disagree with everyone regarding the difference from last season. Lemar played it almost entirely from third in the middle and ended up playing almost like a forward. Later there was also João, at the beginning, Correa, Herrera… We were finding to improve the alternatives to be able to balance the team. This year to these, Griezmann joins but I do not think he has less effort than Lemar to make a positional comparison in the field. We must find the way so that the team can be balanced, which is the most important thing in football ”.
“Trident, is he here to stay?”: “The features are there to take advantage of them. And obviously when we play with them, which will be in many games, we will compensate the team accordingly ”.
-Koeman, incident, what do you think?: “It is a more social problem than football itself.”
-Levante, difficult rival, fear, win?: “We know that he is always a complex opponent, difficult for us. Last season he had a great season, this year he has a good coach who is looking for ways to respond better. It will be like any LaLiga game, very competitive and with many difficulties ”.
-Correa, last year he was key, this season he started playing but in the last games he has had much less presence, have you talked to him?: “We talk a lot with Ángel. It is true that it started very well. Later he traveled with Argentina and participated very little in the two stages of almost thirty days in the two weeks he was in Argentina. The other day he entered very well again and will surely be decisive as it has been all season. It is very important for the team ”.
-Bajas Llorente and Lemar: “Marcos has a lot of depth, he stretches the team a lot. Lemar plays more between the lines, which combines defense and attack very well. Kondogbia has a more defensive demarcation and balances the team’s needs for us. Herrera, De Paul, Koke are very similar. The three with associated game that can play together quietly. Tomorrow we will decide what to do ”.
-How you distribute minutes, efforts: “The field is the boss. The field will mark who will have more minutes and less. We very fine eye to help what the team asks for. I have no commitment to anyone and they know it. And I am looking for what the team can do well for him ”.
-Golden Ball: “It is not in my hand. Why get involved in something they don’t call me ”.
-Her role so that a bad atmosphere is not generated when it is time not to play: “No matter how much cracks or players with fewer resources they are always going to get angry. It is in the word itself. Player. And a player wants above all to play. We handle it very naturally and always looking for them to interpret what they are looking for, to get the games going ”.