Simeone: "We need to win and play a good match"

Diego Pablo Simeone appeared at the Pressroom of the Vicente Calderón stadium. The Argentinian coach analysed the rival on the third round: "Initially, we know Cañas and the wingers, who are very important in the midfield. It has very tall centre-backs who work very well in the areas close to the box. It’s a very intense team that likes to play the ball very well."

Regarding our team, the Argentinian coach said: "We need to win, we need to play a good match. We always prepare the match to play against the best players. We will go with the players that we think can play the best match."

Then came the turn of Filipe Luis. The Brazilian said that "when you play with the shirt of Atlético de Madrid, you always mean to win. We want to win this match against Astana, the defeat against Benfica makes us want to win this game even more because we have the objective of qualifying and if it’s as group leaders, much better. It won't be easy, it’s a complicated game, like all the Champions matches, but we play at home with a great atmosphere and tomorrow’s three points are very important."