MADRID, 1 Nov. (EUROPA PRESS) –
The coach of Atlético de Madrid, Diego Pablo Simeone, accepted having been “deservedly” last in his Champions League group and out of the Europa League after losing on Tuesday against Porto that was “better in everything” and demanded that now it is up to them to react “with work and calm”.
“We react with work, with calm, looking at the situations that in Europe caused us these difficulties and that they mark us in all the away games and that we cannot score. We have to work towards what we have left, which is the League and Copa”, said Simeone at the microphone of ‘Movistar’.
The Argentine recognized that “it is difficult to explain” that his team concedes goals in the first minutes as has happened in recent games. “We will try to find the reasons why the team does not respond at the beginning,” he admitted.
For ‘Cholo’, “there are a lot of situations to comment on” to explain the fact that his team is no longer uncomfortable in the Champions League. “The important thing is what you see and what you see is not good,” he warned.
“We deservedly finished last in the group and now we have to learn, Europe is already behind and the League is coming and on Sunday we hope to regain our strength to play a good game and continue as we are doing now,” he concluded.
In addition, the party stayed with the young Pablo Barrios. “I liked it, it continues to evolve and I told him that it is time to learn, listen and grow because he has very good conditions. There is good growth in him and it leaves me with the good taste that an interesting good boy appears,” he praised.
“I liked the team to continue fighting until the end despite the fact that they were better, more intense, with a better game, with more forcefulness, more speed and more retreat. They were better in everything, but we tried to fight until the end,” he said. Simeone.
