“We always compete and Madrid knows it: it will not be an easy game”

Simeone appeared before the media telematically before facing Madrid in the League tomorrow (9:00 p.m., Movistar + LaLiga) at the Bernabéu. A press conference with many names, Griezmann, Cunha, Vinicius … Where the Argentine coach highlighted the competitive gene of his team and a talk with Suárez in Porto, which served so that the Argentine emphasize again your admiration for the Uruguayan.

-Atletico sensations for the derby: “We are going to play a very important game as it always is against our rival. They are in a great moment. With the arrival of Ancelotti they have shown a defensive forcefulness that enhances all their offensive weapons ”.

-For Atleti it is more important for Madrid not to lose: “We always rush to say this is the end, this is the beginning, LaLiga is over… It will always be competitive. There are very good teams, five or six at the top, who are doing very well. We go game by game, which is our motto ”.

-Right band, Llorente, in front of Vinicius: “Vinicius is working very well, he has a goal, a very dynamic game. Before the low Vrsaljko and Trippier, in principle, we will continue with Marcos in that position. We do not have another side that can occupy that place ”.

-Suárez: “After the game I would talk to him, after the studies they did on him came out, that he had nothing. With the joy that he celebrated the two goals of Griezmann and Correa. I admire him. 34 years, playing and having won everything he won. And having had to go out because he did not feel that in that game he could be at the cinema one hundred for what the team needed, celebrating as he celebrated. That speaks for itself as Suárez is. Tomorrow he will be in the group and then we will make the decision whether to start or leave later ”.

-Is Vinicius the most dangerous of Madrid ?: “Each one has its own characteristics, but Benzema has continued to be the beacon of Madrid football for the last ten years that I have been here. They all have a very high level. A lot of experience in the middle of the field, who manage the pace of the game, the height of the pressure, how to order all the people who have come to their team. It is always a very competitive team, since we have been here we have always been able to compete ”.

-Griezmann: “Antoine always wanted to go back and he is where he wants to be. Hopefully I can keep improving, growing. We need him especially since the efforts he has maintained in recent games. All his talent will not be taken away from him by anyone, or anything, and that is what makes him strong. Talent, sacrifice, effort, knowing how to compete, playing anywhere on the field, like the other day when he had to occupy the left lane when Carrasco was sent off. What are we going to tell about Antoine that he has not shown. Tomorrow will be an important game and hopefully I can give the maximum in the time that he has to play ”.

-Is Cunha better to play against than Suárez ?: “According to those who share their game on the sides. If it’s Carrasco and Correa, it might be Suárez. And if Lemar and De Paul share it in the middle, it could be Cunha ”.

-Victorias in the derby with his Atleti, he changed it with the victory in the Cup, now they have not beaten Madrid for years. Could tomorrow be another turning point ?: “I don’t think so much. I know that, of the last ten, they won four and we tied six. And we were always competitive. They know it: that tomorrow they will not have an easy game ”.

-João Félix, how can it affect you if you don’t play ?: “I don’t know what it means to play. He can play 30 ‘and be decisive or 60’ and have a bad game ”.

-From Paul: “The player who has been in continuous growth for years. In Udinese, the Argentine team… Hopefully we can help him to be more important in the team’s game and make all those positive feelings he already have grow ”.