Diego Pablo Simeone appeared before the media after the last training session before the fixture in Mestalla against Valencia (Sunday at 17:00) to confirm that the match "Is another final. It’s clear we’ve always tried to maintain the competence we’ve been able to have in the League and the Champions, and for this match, nothing will change. The only thing that I care about is Valencia, after that Valencia and then Valencia. Afterwards, we’ll have three days for another lovely match", he assured.

In Majadahonda’s pressroom, the coach was also asked about the group’s mood after last week. "You always want to win. When you set out a match to win it and you don’t, you don’t leave with a good taste in your mouth. There’s an important match left and we’ll come back to Chelsea on Monday. The League is different. We’ve known for months that we’d be playing both competitions, but we only depend on ourselves and that’s what we’re going to do; to set up the same game rhythm and identity, and to play a good game in a hard and complicated field".

You have to be near the family and remember Tito in the best possible way

Lastly, Simeone also wanted to join the sorrow and mourning for the loss of Tito Vilanova assuring "To feel pain because a colleague has gone. I couldn’t have much contact with him, but all who knew him have my deepest sympathies. You have to be near the family and remember him in the best possible way, and for the best things he’s left behind. It’s a hard loss and we mourn in silence, which is the appropriate thing at this time", he concluded.