Atletico, with the win today go top of the League. "Definitely good for the players because they are making a great effort. To continue to face every game with intensity and this line of work is why we are where we are in the league," he certified.

Simeone took stock of the game and said that the changes "gave air to the team." "We ended up playing 4-5-1 with Diego tucked next to Mario, Gabi and Koke. The match was hard, harder than the final score suggests. At the start of the second half it was complicated, they had great chances but because. We struggled to get out and then changes gave freshness to the team and we could have more of the ball and started to breathe and redirect the game as in the first half. We took three points against a very tough opponent," he said.

The coach said that "the objectives are clear, the next game. Now comes the Cup match on Wednesday. We have to recover and see how and who will go. We must recover because playing every three days we have to rest to see how we solve all these games."

The important thing is that the team is more competitive every day. "We have players to compete. The club entered made an effort to make this happen and players have maintained this level to allow these additions. Today were have Giménez, Filipe, Tiago and Arda unavaiable. I always dreamed to have a competitive team to compete," he said.

Finally, Diego analysed the state of the team at this point in the season. "From the work I must say that we are very well. With Insua and Mario and the guys who have been playing less time. Insua was waiting for his chance, unfortunately it came due to injury. This allows us to be competitive for their efforts and the way they think is of the group. Today we had lots of options on the bench, if we interpret the focus is the group we can compete," he said.