The Atletico coach said, among other things, that the absence through injury of Arda Turan may be a chance for Óliver Torres. Simeone said "it's an option from the 20 players we have in the squad."

On how the team is in the final stretch of the season with these 9 games remaining league games of the season, the coach said "we hope to maintain the intensity shown throughout the season. We want to continue to be competitive in every game and hope to get as many points as possible to reach our goal."

We cannot afford to look beyond Getafe
The Atletico coach said that "knowing the group they are ambitious and have important and clear goals ahead. We cannot afford to look beyond Getafe because the Spanish Championship has shown us that there are dangers at every ground. We saw on Monday in the Getafe game against Betis that they made it difficult, with talented attacking player, they’re also very good set pieces. We need a game with a lot of intensity and a lot of concentration."

Simeone made the goals clear "I want to win. I do not look at anything else. All the fans want is to see the team win, no matter who plays him."

Simeone made it clear that they will continue with the approach that has served them so well all season and that has led the team to be where they are, third in the league and in the final of the Copa del Rey. He noted that "we are nine games from the end of the season, the time in which each team is looking to reach their target. Ours is near and we hope to reach it, but we cannot deviate from our usual approach. It has been an important way to address the games and, at the same time, it makes us stronger."

We want to finish as high as we can
He made it clear that the team is not content with being in third place. His argument is simple commenting that "I always say that when a team is in 15th place in the table, they want to be 14th. And third where the fourth want to be. You always want to move forward. And we want to finish as high as we can. Obviously, what we’ve done so far is very good, but we want to keep improving and doing better than the objective that we currently have."

On Sunday, after the match against Valencia, Courtois and Gabi made it clear that the team is ambitious and would like to finish in second place. The technician is noted that "it is always better to be second than third. Because it is higher and closer to the top spot. But, for me, I’m not thinking about second place, I’m just thinking about Getafe, which is the reality we have."