Diego Pablo Simeone, coach of Atlético Madrid, reviewed the match his team will play this Sunday, December 8 against FC Barcelona within Metropolitan.
PABLO BARRIOS, POSSIBLE HOLDER
“We haven’t thought about who will start in the middle. Lemar, Koke are doing well, especially Pablo and Kondogbia. Soccer is a game that asks you to do what you know in training sessions or matches, whether you are 20 or 35 years old. Everyone’s personality has to do with the confidence that each player has in himself”.
BARCELONA, TURNING POINT
“All the games that I have to coach Atlético are an opportunity, to be good to each other, to the people, to the Cup, to LaLiga or whatever I have to play. Since I arrived I always felt the illusion that every game is important for everyone”.
BARCELONA POINTS DIFFERENCE
“We have all the games, for 11 years, it’s like the final. Whoever touched us in Almería we will see it like this and from now on. There is no more important game than the one you have to play. Barcelona is performing very well in LaLiga, it is the team that has contributed the most to the World Cups, with a coach who has clear ideas and it is a team that is performing well”.
LAST MATCHES, POSITIVE ENERGY
“Negative results bring negative energy and positive ones help the team grow and stay on track, they make the team more confident. We will try to take the game where we can hurt them, knowing the difficulties which we will find”.
NO MESSI, LESS BARÇA
“Where Messi is, he will always be decisive, whether in Argentina, PSG or he is in Barcelona. With a player of his qualities it is clear that you can win any game. When I had to play with Maradona in the World Cup, being older, you feel in the group that you will always win. Why? Because you have the best. When you have the best, the chances of winning are always closer”.
JOAO FÉLIX AGAINST BARÇA
“This is a great opportunity for the team, to continue to grow, to continue to develop, to define what we want to get in the game. We want to take the game where we want to play it and put those suffering for Barcelona you have to put here”.
DIFFERENCES WITH BARÇA REGARDING THE FIRST DUEL THEY PLAYED
“It’s difficult, very complicated to answer. They have different moments, different players. Let’s focus on this one now.”
TOO DAMAGED
“They were very good, we started the game well, we started winning 0-1, but then they developed us from the outside, with wide open ends they hurt us a lot. Dembelé, Rapinha, Memphis, anyone who wants to use there are very important players.”
Source: La Verdad
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