Simeone: "We have strength and energy"

Diego Simeone started talking about Costa and the way opposition teams defend against him. "I think the opponents have marked him very well especially for how they have handled the games. It is true that in none of these games has he had goal scoring situations. We are working accordingly to improve the team to achieve the possibility of getting a players as important as Diego Costa in goal scoring positions," he said.

On Diego Ribas adapting to the team he say it dosnt change the plans because "with Diego, if they remember how we played when he arrived, we played with Diego on the right, Mario, Gabi or Tiago alternating, Arda on the left and Adrian and Falcao up top. At the time, it worked very well and we conceded few goals keeping the lines together like this. It is true that after a year and a half of him being away is a long time. He commented.

Simeone reiterated the difference in the second half of the season from the first. "After losing in Almería, respecting Almería, it made us think that several things can happen in football games . I've been saying that in the second round teams play differently because there’s more at stake. They think about getting points and not about how they play. "Therefore, the Atletico coach sees "every game with the same difficulty. Tomorrow the victory will be down to preparation, the intensity and the concepts that we have to play the game to take it forward," he said.

The coach from Buenos Aires sees it "normal" that people talk about the run of results. "I think its normal. When a team is doing so well it is normal to talk. If it had happened to the teams around us they would have talked about them the same." Finally, Simeone warned that "we have a lot of energy and strength. Football, the beauty of it is that there is always revenge and tomorrow is a good time to show how the team is".