Simeone: “The ability to motivate is showing this shirt"
Diego Pablo Simeone commented at the media open day before the Champions final that winning helps and that his players deserved to celebrate the League. “It’s easier after winning”, he said.
Although he recalled, Saturday’s game has to be prepared and we have to switch gears. “Now we have to turn the page, no matter if we’d won or lost, we’d say the same thing. We have a few days to work well, starting today. To get there in the best possible way”, he pointed out.
Depending on what happens with Costa and Arda, we’ll decide
Regarding the injuries, the Argentinian emphasised they are waiting for this week’s evolution. "Depending on what happens with Costa and Arda, we’ll decide and if they’re not ready, we’ll see who plays in their place”.
The Argentinian coach said that he expects that the game that decides the Champions League to be "a very even match". Having said that, according to him, everything will be very even because "we have a 50% chance".
Simeone doesn’t believe that his players need outside motivation. "The ability to motivate is to show them the shirt of this Club. The motivation is to play in Atlético de Madrid, not against whom we’re playing", he stressed.
The motivation is to play in Atlético de Madrid
However, he wanted to point out that the importance of the match causes everyone to be concentrated. "A final as a final is already motivating, one should not look so much who you play against, but to one’s self", he concluded.