MADRID 1 Mar. (EUROPA PRESS) –
The coach of Atlético de Madrid, Diego Pablo Simeone, gave “huge thanks” to his players for the effort and the way to compete one more day, after the triumph (1-0) against Athletic Club to sleep leaders of LaLiga Ea Spots, highlighting one more day also the importance of having Julián Álvarez.
“A huge thanks to the players, they are competing in the best way, doing an extraordinary job. Those who do not even enter are attentive. Always against Athletic is complicated. We start well, we managed to get out of the very good pressure they do, we do not finish solving in the last meters. Then we enter a section where they were better, when they stay off At a press conference.
The ‘Cholo’ acknowledged that the triumph was suffered, aimed thanks to Julián Álvarez shortly after jumping from the bench. “In the second half that fortune goddess of the crossbar appeared, that goddess fortune of having Julián with us, to be able to define how he defined. Then we had Julian’s, Correa’s, they had some also important one, because they ended up attacking with a lot of people. To rest and continue in this way,” he said.
“I was very happy because a different player arrived, such as when Luis Suárez arrived, Villa. I am glad,” he added about the Argentine. “We focus on continuing to strengthen collective work, and we have only one focus, recover well now. We have a great game in Champions,” he said.
However, Simeone asked to enjoy this triumph before thinking about Real Madrid and responded about the defensive level of his team. “The importance is how the season ends. Now we are going through the way, there are many situations that the team tries to solve. The team responded as it had to answer,” he said.
“Defensively we are trying to be a team, not only the defense and the goalkeeper, and from there we are growing.
The only way to demonstrate our work is when they demonstrate it in the field, because if they would not be only ideas, “he settled.