Simeone : " If we don’t play we against Espanyol, everyone will talk more about that than anything else"
The Argentine coach reviewed and analyzed Atletico’s next opponent in the league in a press conference prior to training in the Ciudad Deportiva hours before leaving for Barcelona to face Espanyol.
Simeone did not want to speak about records in his appearance before the media before the game against Espanyol. "With all due respect to what we have been doing so far, it will have no bearing on the match tomorrow. The only thing that concerns us is the game and the opposition. They will be a tough opponent that plays similarly to us and with a coach who has managed to turn the tide to his squad."
About records, Diego Pablo said that "two years ago when we began e were the same. We always respect the work of journalists whose job it is to generating these stories, but if tomorrow against Espanyol we do not play well, people will talk more about that than anything else."
Regarding Diego Costa and his constant appearance in the press, he said that "it is part of football, in the same way that you do not have to worry when things do not work out on the field, you have to work, like when you work out to maintain the level. Diego is not thinking about whether he’s in the paper or not, he is working very well."
Simeone concluded the press conference by referring to the physical state of internationals Godin and Arda . "In principle they have come back in good shape, one happier than another because he has the possibility of going to the World Cup. We will give Arda the opportunity to do well for his club and have a huge season and continue to demonstrate that it is a player who deserves to go to the World Cup."
