El Cholo uses the credit for the leader’s defensive work and the whites’ deadly ability against attack to justify his own style
Diego Pablo Simeone never sews without thread. The Argentine acknowledged Real Madrid’s merits in the derby played at the Metropolitano, but turned the praise he paid to Carlo Ancelotti’s team into a vindication of his own football postulates. “I feel like I haven’t lost face of the game despite going 0-2. The power is great and to see a team that defends low and counterattack like that… It reminds me of the team we had with Costa, when they criticized us then,” the Atlético coach said after he praised his pupils for their effort of energy.
“The footballers have given everything, they have given themselves well to the game. They have a very good direct play, a quick transition from defense to attack, vigor, orderly defense, they play well, take advantage of their chances… It’s a great job from the Madrid coach. They counterattack with considerable speed, regardless of the talent they have. But I think we always try not to leave the game and in the second half we improve the intensity. That’s what I’m sticking with, when Cunha and Morata came in, who gave a little more life. But if you don’t have intensity against Madrid…”, Cholo complained.
He had good words for Griezmann, the big surprise in the mattress eleven. «We understood that Antoine could leave the start. He gave us a lot of work as a second striker trying to go down to associate, in the second half on the wing to play with two forwards. Important game, as several guys did,” he said of the French attacker.
He had an impact on his team’s losses at the back, although he defended the work of the defenders he had against Real Madrid. “Savic and Josema are important. Today they played a good game within what we were looking for with duels that they solve sometimes well and others badly. Let’s hope Savic and Giménez can be more with the team this year, because we suffered a lot last season. We hope they have alternatives,” Simeone said.
He demonstrated his team’s ability to fight despite the results not going the way the Atlético coach would have liked. “We play every game as always and try to give the maximum in every game and add the most. It is true that at home we have just lost two games in a row,” he explained before calling to turn the page after the defeat to the neighbor from the capital “We continue to work and we look at Seville, knowing what needs to be improved and what we are doing well,” he concluded.
Source: La Verdad
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