Diego Pablo Simeone appeared before the media electronically this morning to analyze the game against Rayo Vallecano tomorrow (16:15) which will be the first of the year 2022 and, at the same time, the one that closes the first round of the rojiblancos in the 2021-22 season, a first round with more shadows than lights, with four consecutive defeats. A press conference with its own name: that of Kieran Trippier. The coach seemed to confirm the possibility that he can now go back to the Premier. Also that he has tested negative in a PCR and that he is waiting for the second to be able to sit tomorrow before Rayo.
-After these days have passed, how you have analyzed from the distance of not having matches, what has happened to the team in this final stretch of bad results: “First I start with health. I feel perfect. Absolutely nothing. Yesterday afternoon, the club sent me another test in another laboratory that is not the one of LaLiga and it gave me negative. We repeat tests with LaLiga and see if today they confirm a new negative for us so that we can be with the team tomorrow. Regarding sports, some specific mistakes are hurting us a lot, some in which the team ends up being hurt too much, because of what it has shown and played in the last four games. Both against Mallorca, Sevilla, Granada, the team made situations and generated things to have other results, but the reality is that the result is the one that commands. I see the team well. I have followed the workouts by Zoom. And I see it well, with enthusiasm, enthusiasm and wanting to start this year with good energy ”.
-Giménez, are you to enter the list and be a starter ?: “José is a very important player. We have always known it, he has shown it during his game and matches and his years at the club, his importance within the team. We await his return with enthusiasm and waiting for his best version, what he transmits is contagious. That will generate tomorrow for him to start the game ”:
-Trippier: “We have always lived with these situations, important and very good players within the team with possibilities of leaving. Then it will depend on what the footballer wants. Consequently, we will try to follow what is happening and look for solutions. He is an important player for our team ”.
-Fifth, 17 points behind the leader, in 2022 what is the goal in the League ?: “Our goal is always the same since we arrived at the club, trying to stay competitive, looking for game by game, each game play as a final. The season is long and you go through different places. At this moment we are going through the most difficult ”.
-Lightning: “It is a brave team that plays well and has a coach with very clear ideas. Fast, dynamic with depth and speed and collective work ”.