First press conference of 2022 for Diego Pablo Simeone, coach of the Atlético de Madrid. The Argentine coach, despite being in quarantine for the positive for Covid19 given after the return of the holidays, he attended the media, telematically, before the game against the Vallecano Ray.
The mattress coach analyzed the challenges ahead for the team to end the bad run that ended the year, as well as spoke about this Vallecano team that has become one of the pleasant surprises of the current season, thanks to his great work.
POSITIVE FOR COVID
“First we go for the most important thing which is health, I feel perfect, I have absolutely nothing. Yesterday afternoon we did a test in another laboratory that is not that of LaLiga, which gave me negative. We repeat the test with LaLiga and see if today or tomorrow they confirm a new negative for us to be able to be with the team ”.
ANALYSIS TAKING ADVANTAGE OF THE STOP
“What I was telling them at the end of the game with Granada. Some specific mistakes are hurting us a lot, in which the team ends up being hurt too much in relation to what they showed in the last four games. Before him Mallorca, Seville, Real Madrid and Granada, the team did things to have another result. But the reality is that, in the game, the only thing that counts is the result. The defeats are there and we have to face it as it is. I see the team well, I have followed the training sessions for Zoom, seeing the ‘Teacher‘ Y Nelson at the forefront, agreeing with everything that we have advanced in these weeks and I see them well, with enthusiasm, wanting to start this year with energy ”.
GIMÉNEZ
“José is a very important player, we have always known him, he has shown it with his games and his years with the team. We await his return with great enthusiasm and enthusiasm, waiting for his best version for what he transmits, for what he infects. The importance it has within our defense is clear. He will start the game because he is fine, to play and take a rhythm, which is what he will be looking for after such a long break “.
KIERAN TRIPPIER AND HIS POSSIBLE EXIT
“We have always lived with these situations, with important and good players within the team they have had options to leave. Then, it will depend on what the footballer wants and what we will try to follow what happens. We, as coaches, cannot do too much about the decisions of the players. Just tell them what they are to us, as Trippier, important to the team. From there we will look for solutions ”.
TARGET 2022
“It’s the same since we got the same, stay competitive, focus on game by game, understand each game as a final. The goals will come as the results come in a long season. Always, in a season, you go through different places. Right now we are going through the most difficult moment ”.
MATCH AGAINST THE LIGHTNING
“We are facing a brave team, a team that plays well, that has a coach with clear ideas, who has been doing very well where he has gone. It is a team that feels very identified with the way they play, it is a very fast, dynamic team, with a lot of depth, speed, stability from the collective work. We have worked these days what we want in the game, hopefully we can show it on the field, which is the only thing that counts ”.
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