“We need something else, and that is Correa”

Diego Simeonecoach of Atletico Madridspoke to the media after his team’s victory against Legs in Metropolitan.

Happy for Correa

“It’s hard to talk about Ángel. We can only make it count by giving minutes, he’s one of the ones with the most even though he’s not always a starter, he’s always there, he’s always involved. You’ll face rivals like Betis who were low today, Ángel is one of the best We removed Morata and we thought we needed something different and that’s Correa. He was lucky at first but then definition… We got tired of seeing him in training, he entered well, like Barrios, De Paul and Saúl and Witsel, although they played very little.

Possible penalty for Morata, what needs to happen for them to whistle a penalty.

“I don’t remember the play. It will play. When it does, hopefully we can convert it, which is the important thing. If that opportunity didn’t happen, it wouldn’t have come out to the referees.”

defense improvement

“If we have to explain it, we need a few moments. In the first half, Savic and Giménez had injuries, Mario’s time before the World Cup was not today and again we had a defense where we were champions . They know each other they know how to play Hermoso’s growth I’m so happy, I didn’t give him anything, he’s already worked a lot, at the beginning we didn’t consider it but work and show what he wants coach, based on what he gives you, he gives himself for the team and he gives us the things he gave us when we won the championship and I hope he will continue it because he is in a very good moment”.

Surprised by Betis’ approach

“No, I’m not surprised. I expected a low team, like to counterattack, always with the ball, but I have no doubt that they will play low, thousands. You look for how you win the game. The coach understood that The way was good. The game was tight, Correa finished defining the game. There was a good defensive work from Betis, we must congratulate them, I liked it a lot”.

Another goal from the bench, the most in LaLiga

“I always take the good part. We took Morata when there was a lot left and he suffered from the change but he found it difficult to support everyone, that’s why we strengthened the midfielder. We encouraged a goal with the three but when Álvaro is not so close to the goal. We think we have more in the middle, with Correa, who can solve near the area. We were lucky”.

People say that this Atleti plays well

“I’m happy to see the stadium like it was in the last 20 minutes. I’m happy when I see people happy. I told them in the preview that there are 60,000 people outside that what they want is to see the heart and feel recognized. They did a job where people go home happy.

Oblak has overtaken Godín as the foreigner with the most games

“What can we say… Probably the best goalkeeper in the world, a great professional, with a great personality in the group, important and decisive for many years in our journey. I am lucky that the club took a boy , who Waited for his moment because Moyá is working well, and since then he has been a decisive factor in our team, congratulate him, keep working, the love that people have for him is very strong”.