Simeone: “We're very excited about the match and looking to win again”

Simeone commented, “We're very excited about the match, against Espanyol and looking to win again, which is what's important to us. We hope to maintain the regularity of the first half in the game against Valencia. That is what makes us a complicated team. Getting closer to that situation and improving that regularity, maintaining that game will bring us closer to the result we want.”

Our coach will be the Club's third one with more official games when we play against Espanyol. He noted, “I read it this morning and was not aware of the number of matches. Without the effort, the work and the great performance of the footballers who've been in the Club for these three and a half years, I would never have reached such an important number of games. I'm grateful to the players who've played for Atlético de Madrid and who've allowed us to reach this situation.”

He reminded that his principle is to think only of the next game. He's not thinking about Bayer Leverkusen, a match that will be played on Tuesday. “It's not possible to think further than the match we have to play because it would take us out of the path we've been following. Espanyol has a good game on the right wing, good high game, players who attack and defend running the field, with a lot of intensity in the midfield. And if they are intense, they are a complicated team with very fast people near the goal such as Sergio García or Caicedo. And with a dangerous attack on the second line with Stuani. It's a dangerous team and will demand us to be at a very good level,” he said.