Simeone: "The team played a great match"
Our coach answered the media after the team's win by 0-1 against Betis. Simeone analysed the match against the green and white team.
Our coach answered the media after the team's win by 0-1 against Betis. Simeone analysed the match against the green and white team.
Atlético de Madrid played a great match at the Benito Villamarín and achieved the three points thanks to the early goal by Koke. With this win, the team is second in the League.
Diego Pablo Simeoné called 18 players to travel to Seville to play against Real Betis. The novelty is the presence of José María Giménez and Luciano Vietto, recovered from their respective injuries.
The Colombian striker will undergo an MRI to confirm the extent of his injury.
Our team is the least-scored and the Slovenian Jan Oblak, the current Zamora of the League. In six of the eleven rounds played, we have kept a clean sheet.
The Uruguayan centre-back was one of the outstanding players against Sporting. He participated in the decisive play by extending the ball to Griezmann for the final 1-0. Both spoke in the mixed zone.
Griezmann scored when the game was ending, adding three important points for us. Oblak and Cuéllar, with their saves, were key for the score to be meagre.
Simeone will not have José María Giménez available due to a muscle injury that was revealed by an MRI that the Uruguayan young player underwent after Friday’s training session.
Our forward is among the 40 candidates to win the Golden Boy 2015, which rewards the best player under the age of 21 who play in Europe.
The medical report details that the ailment is "on the upper third of the rectus femoris of the right thigh quadriceps."