Carl Hoefkens, coach of witchesaddressed the media from the Metropolitano auditorium before heading to the pitch for the final training session before taking on the Atletico Madrid.
pressure?
“Not at all. I think Atlético will do everything to get a good result. That is the most important thing. You notice coming here that there is a lot of hunger and I am very satisfied”.
Your first leg plan
“We always try to play in a dominant way. We have different patterns. It is not important who plays in what position, the most important thing is to do it. We did very well against Atlético but tomorrow they have another plan.”
How do they come out?
“We’re not looking back. We’re only looking forward. We want to win every game and dominate the game. We’re not going to look at the consequences. We also want to dominate at the Metropolitano. This is the hardest challenge against Atlético who will come out with a lot of motivation. We will play both.”
Three options to qualify for the round of 16
“I am looking forward to the next game. We will try to dominate Atlético with our football. This is the biggest challenge. The points are not that important”.
Jutglà in the World Cup?
“I am very happy with his performance. He is playing at a very high level. I really like his personality, his way of working. What happens with regard to the World Cup is not my business. Luis Enrique is a great coach and he he will make decisions. He is learning a lot and he still has to learn. I am very happy when he scores, like any other player scores.”
If I could remove a player from Atlético…
“The biggest strength of Atlético is that they are a real team. It doesn’t matter if you get one or three. Big respect to Morata, Joao, Griezmann… they are very good. It is a big challenge, we are a very young team. I’m excited, to dominate where we play. This is the big challenge we have and we will try to win this game”.
Simeone accepts criticism
“It is difficult to have an opinion on what is happening in Spain about him. For me, Simeone is among the greatest: Ferguson, Wenger… the most difficult thing in football is to stay for so long and keep getting results . I am not talking about the way of playing. I have respect, so many years with one of the greats in Europe, I can only have respect”.
the way of playing
“Possession is important. I won’t say how we will play. We can play without a striker, with two or three… but we always want to have depth. The important thing is to be dominant. on the ball.”
Source: La Verdad
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