“When Simeone sent me the first message, I had anxiety”

Matheus Cunha has been one of the signings of Atlético de Madrid in this season. The Brazilian forward, Olympic champion, has not yet had too many opportunities to show how much he has. The player has just recovered from an injury and hopes to have more minutes.

The player explained how his signing process was for him Athletic and how nervous he got when Simeone contacted him to explain that he wanted him in the project. “It was a lot of anxiety, that’s the truth. A lot of anxiety when he sent me the first message, all these things, that the coach is beginning to have this relationship with the newly signed. And that left me a little behind, to know what it was like, I knew it demanded a lot. And it was no different “, said the player in an interview in ESPN Brazil.

According to the forward, even before arriving at Atleti, the expectation to meet the Argentine coach was great. And with the day to day at the new club, the Brazilian began to understand why the team has been so successful. “We don’t have that much of a relationship, even because I’ve only been here for a short time. But in what we have talked about, what relationship did we have on the field, in the moments when he put me in, in training, even because the more games you have, the less you train. But in the period that we have together, he gives me many positive things, “he continued.

The forward has not yet started in the Athletic so far, he has barely accumulated five appearances for 101 minutes of play. All in all, it has left good feelings. It gives the impression that he could have more to say if he had opportunities.

“He’s been showing all the time that he really wants to count on me, that the competition is great, but I can come to this competition, that’s why he loved me and everything else. But without a doubt, I could already feel that he is a very demanding coach, you can understand why the Atlético de Madrid it is at the level it is today, ”said the Brazilian.

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Finally, the footballer also spoke about what the routine is like at his command. “He wants excellence in every moment, in every second. There are even times when you look like this and say, ‘Wow, shit, something that is normal to happen in the field. A second of inattention, a minimal control that is wrong ‘. He is there to talk. So if you hit 10 and miss the eleventh, it will tell you, ‘Do the same as the other ten times.’ That leaves you all the time, wanting to demand so much and without a doubt I think that is what he contributed and added to all the players, in addition to all the tactical part and the experience he has on the field, which adds a lot, “he concluded.

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