"WE HAVE TO CONGRATULATE THE OPPONENT"

Simeone: "Lossing is part of the game"

The Argentine coach spoke at the press conference and analysed the Atletico Madrid defeat in Cornellà and said the red and white’s still have the same goal , "to go game by game."

Diego Pablo spoke to the media and said the key to the game was that "they took their chances."In relation to the teams performance he said that "the game was closely fought, in the first hard they were very but defensive. Koke had a good chance and Diego Costa had another. In the second half they got the goal and we did all we could to draw level."

Simeone denied that the twelve internationals from the first team had a negative influence on the result and commented that the defeat does not hurt "because it's part of the game. We understand and we have been saying since we stared that our goal is to go game by game."

Regarding the performance of David Villa, Argentina believes that "he was the best performer n the first half" then e commented on the spirit of the dressing room “it’s normal when the team losses that they are down, but we are already preparing for the match in Austria".

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