Just after the game had started, Diego Costa put his team ahead putting his side in control of the tie. Diego Pablo Simeone said "I think there was a great attitude from the start. I felt that in the first minutes of the match we saw a team that had an important ambition to take the match and the truth was we responded very well especially in the first stage of the game. Then came the goals and that made us better. We are a team that left everythingon the field, we looked for the goal early on".

EOverjoyed to see the team fight for second in a competitive league to be back in a final
 

 The Argentine leaves satisfied and happy about what it means for the fans of Atléticoo be in another final. "Today the Atletico Madrid fans are happy. They’ll get up tomorrow morning and will be in a final, I’m overjoyed to see the team fight for second in a league as competitive as the Spanish and be in another final. That speaks highly of the players, the effort they are making, the people behind the scenes like the physios, doctors, kit men ... is a triumph of everyone because without the work of everyone it would be impossible to achieve what they’re achieving," he said.

Theres a long time until the final so Simeone and his men want to enjoy the present and focus on the important league clash on Sunday. "We are dedicated to enjoy the fact of reaching a final. Tomorrow we will think about Malaga, who are a direct rival and it will be a difficult game. We must be rested and recovered well face the game on Sunday. As for the final, the only thing we think about is the joy of returning to a major final," he said after the game. "After so much effort they put in, it’s not good to talk about the final yet. We should talk about how Falcao, Costa, Cata, Miranda played...That's the most important thing today. Tomorrow people will get up to go to work happy because their team is in another final," he concluded.