Simeone: "We’ll have to rise to the needs of the match"
Simeone will face a former teammate of Argentina's national team, Berizzo, whom he singled out because of Celta’s League start. And he points out that he’s eager to play an important match.
Diego Pablo Simeone attended the media in the Calderón’s Press Room before the last weekly training to prepare the match against Celta de Vigo. The coach said that the team is "very well. After defeating Real Madrid in the League, the motivation is very high. In addition, we play at home again, in front of our people and against a very good rival who will surely require a lot of attention. We’re eager to play an important match to continue with this League start that will be difficult with many gamers at stake".
The most complicated thing in football is to defend while attacking
Atlético’s coach made it very clear that "I always comment that the most complicated thing in football is to defend while attacking When a team is strong it has that possibility, to attack, having the ball, chances to goal, and continue to be a defensive block while they attack. Because the larger the space at your back, the harder it is to defend. The other day, the rival hurt us and it’s useful for us to improve, to continue to grow, and for tomorrow, against an important rival like the one we have, we need a team that allows us to attack and these defensive attentions that we have always had".
And about Celta’s coach, his former teammate on Argentina's national team, Berizzo, he pointed out that "he’d done a good job when he coached in Chile. As soon as he arrived, we exchanged a couple of messages. When he was a player, he had a very clear idea of the game and he’s implementing it after his stage with Marcelo Bielsa with different variables, but with a very similar idea. He’s started the League very well and with players who are responding very well to the game that he wants. Tomorrow, he’ll probably have a chance and a game to demonstrate everything that Celta is proposing. Hopefully, we can rise to the needs of the match and respond well".
Today, I am as thrilled as when I got to the Club
Regarding the fact of having celebrated one thousand days leading Atlético de Madrid, he said, "the truth is that I wasn’t aware and I was surprised by the number of days that have gone by. Without a doubt, I’m as thrilled today as when I arrived. I never stop to enjoy what we have gone through but it’s been, without a doubt, until today, a great time. And what's ahead is a double challenge. I’ve already said it to some of you. This challenge, as a working group, is even bigger to us because it’s renewing the day-to-day a little, and we hope to do well in what lies ahead".
