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“The lack of aggressiveness in the area deprives us of a nice final”

Diego Pablo Simeon, coach of the Atletico Madrid, He was upset by how his team lost to the Athletic Bilbao in the semifinal of the Spain Supercup. “I think it’s a game that we were doing very well until the goal of the AthleticWe had done a lot of good things. And after the goal, the forcefulness and our lack of aggressiveness in the area made us lose a nice opportunity to play a final”, said the coach who said that it is being a recurring mistake “because aggressiveness needs to be improved within the areas” .

“It is difficult to train him in a field where there are no people. The problem is when there are people, when there is responsibility, when the intensity grows. In those situations we are clearly being weak, “said Cholo in words to MoviStar.

The coach insisted that “the game was under control.” “Until 1-0 we were very good, we had that play in which Lodi ended up kicking crossed and that if he finds Joao to the right we could have solved… Carrasco’s in which we could have kicked head-on with people like Boil The From Paul and he couldn’t see them… but after those two plays the two set pieces appeared that the Athletic they work very well, they are very confident in what they do,” he said.

“They have won fairly,” he said without a hint of hesitation. At last he said, “Very well. Joao Felix. I liked the team, it’s a shame that the lack of aggressiveness deprives us of being in more important places”.