Simeone: "We need to play intelligent game, with a lot of energy"
Diego Pablo Simeone, the Atletico Madrid coach appeared before the media before starting the last workout of the week to prepare for the match against Betis.
The Atletico coach spoke of Betis and noted that "we have to have a look who will be available because they have some knocks in defence. Betis are a very good team that started well in the league and Thursday's result in Europe will give them a boost. I imagine a tough game, it always is against Betis. We’ll have to be very carefully against an opponent who has a lot of pace on the wings."
Regarding Diego Costa and all that going on around him, he said that "the issue of Costa I evaluate on the field and in training. The other day he put in a huge performance and show a great willingness to recover put in a lot of effort. The truth is that it is just like he usually is."
On Villa, who has been following a specific training plan, Cholo said that "during the international break he worked really hard and did well. On Tuesday we realised that it was a match for Raul behind Costa due to the characteristics of the game and the truth is that it turned out very well because Raul had a great game."
Arda Turan is a doubt for the game “he’s got a niggle, and will be assessed to see how he is tomorrow. Arda and the doctors will decide."
On the possibility of getting closer to Barca at the top of the League, Simeone stuck to his philosophy "the only thing that worries me is that we keep thinking game by game and we will, if we do things well tomorrow we will be in a good place no matter what."
