Diego Simeone coach of Atlético de Madridcame out to the media from the De Kuip press room, the scene where this Tuesday the red and white team will look for a place in the round of 16 of the Champions League against Feyenoord. And on Sunday he will play against Barcelonasomething that doesn’t affect him when it comes to pressure.
100 Champions League games with the same team, a figure only Ferguson and Wenger have reached
“As we always say, I hope for the best. We work so that the best appears. Proud to have competed in 100 games at Atlético de Madrid because the club has played 100 games with continuity these years, it is important for to our people, our club and for our growth worldwide.
It cost them away from home in the Champions League
“The important thing is to try to play a good game, knowing the difficulties the opponent has, with the determination to make the game where we can do damage.”
Santiago Gimenez
“He is an important player for the rival, a forward with a goal, good positioning, a lot of strength, who is almost always well positioned. You have seen the rival, dynamic, agile, with people attacking from the inside, who there’s depth from the outside, that creates good pressure in your field. Because of that, we have to make the game where we believe we can hurt them.”
Ready to play at the pace that Feyenoord will suggest and when we need to get out of high pressure by playing long, who will choose, the coach or the players
“Hopefully we can show it tomorrow, an improvement in that situation of great pressure that we can receive. In football the players don’t always look to the coach to know what to do, there are ideas that come up and then execute those it’s as they believe is best for the team.” game”.
Griezmann, when will he stop?
“Nothing to comment”.
Do you feel more pressure now than when you were playing a week like this? How do you deal with it?
“I don’t know what a week of pressure is for you, for me they are all the same. How different these games are from the previous ones, I don’t know how to define which is more important pressure, for me everyone . with responsibility and a quest to do well.”
Memphis is ready to go
“Yes, he can play tomorrow, of course.”
Source: La Verdad
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