Simeone: "We have to be at our best to take the victory"
The Atletico Madrid coach was cautious at the press conference prior to match against Granada. In his appearance he recalled the difficulties the team had last season in the win at the Stadium of Los Carmens.
Diego Pablo Simeone began by recalling that "it is not easy to keep playing with the same intensity with which we have been doing. The 'professors' are working well, the medical staff too, and the players are also trying to recover in the same way."
"Tomorrow we have a tough game, hard, against an opponent that has changed their system. They are a team that comes with a lot of excitement and enthusiasm, we will have to give our best to take what we want," said the coach.
Additionally, Simeone confirmed the absence of Arda Turan hours before traveling to Granada . "he trying to find the best recovery, we hope it will be soon" and said that "the game against Granada last season was tough, they greatly complicated it with the intensity with which they came out. Tomorrow I imagine the same scenario."
In relation to potential individual awards, the Argentine coach was blunt. "I've always said, I do not look for credit in different places, I just try to do good in the eye of the people who employ me. I have to continue working with my team, with my players, trying to do my best for the club, which is what matters most to me."
On the decision of Diego Costa, said that "I never influenced him personally and collectively he was always influence by what the team needed. Surely this will give him more peace of mind to focus on what he has to do for the future with the Spanish national team and with us, to keep doing the same. Decisions are decisions. When one makes a decision, he has already evaluate the reason to take it. Those who think and look from outside are not taking this decision. Diego has shown what he wants and now he has to keep giving everything every day," concluded the coach.
