Simeone: "When the team works together, they respond"
The Argentinian coach was satisfied with his players’ performance.
After the levelled score to a goal in the Spanish Super Cup first leg against Real Madrid, Diego Pablo Simeone was satisfied with the performance of his players at the Santiago Bernabeu: "We set out for a match within the characteristics of the team that we are, so we could have our chances. We played more as we wanted than as they wanted, we defended close to our box and we had three or four chances to score".
The qualifying round is fifty-fifty
Despite starting below on the scoreboard, our team recovered to even the qualifying round to face the second leg played next Friday 22nd at the Vicente Calderón: "They scored the goal against us at the end and we still found the strength to tie and have a fifty-fifty chance at home. They have very good players and that’s a lot when you think you can win with a 0-0".
As usual, the Argentinian coach wanted to highlight the great work of group above any particular player: "Once more, the team showed that when they work together, they usually respond. We all work organized without allowing goal situations", recognizing that Mario Mandzukic did "a great job pressuring, with a clear chance of scoring" and Saúl "played a good match".