Simeone: “It was an important match and the team solved it”
The Atlético coach valued the importance of the three points achieved in Valencia and assured that looking at the table, “we cannot relax, not even for a day”.
Diego Pablo Simeone claimed in his appearance before the media that the fixture in Valencia was “Against an important rival, a rival who played a very noble match, with attitude, where all of their changes were made to win. We improved throughout the match and in the second half, we had chances to shoot, but we didn’t and lived with the uncertainty of the 0-1. It was an important match and the team solved it well”, he mentioned.
It was thrilling, with the flags and the people encouraging us
The Argentinian sticks to his ‘final-by-final’. “Seeing how each match develops, it wouldn’t be good, each fixture is very hard, it demands a lot of effort. We have two powerful teams behind us that are going to win all the points and we cannot relax, not even for a day. I encourage keeping calm, knowing the importance of the result. Starting tomorrow, we’ll focus on Chelsea’s fixture”, he claimed.
Regarding the supposed wearing out of the players with more minutes, he noted, “The League is nothing like the Champions. Chelsea has a great team, the possibility of rotating and winning 0-2. We face a very powerful team that will make it very hard for us”.
Lastly, Simeone thanked the support of the fans that travelled en masse to Mestalla and coloured the stands in red and white. “From below we saw the reflection of our colours in the stands. It was thrilling, with the flags and the people encouraging us”, he concluded.
