“It was a pleasure to see Griezmann play”

Marco Rose, RB Leipzig coach, appeared to the media after losing 2-1 against Atlético de Madrid at the Metropolitano.

The feelings after defeat

“We didn’t do well because the boys left everything on the field. We entered the game well. Then we made too many mistakes. Then we didn’t have much confidence. They are back in the game. At half-time they tied it at one, we controlled it. We had several opportunities. They had a few chances, not surprisingly in front of their fans. It’s annoying, but you learn from everything.”

Condemning mistakes

“We are in the Champions League. Details decide a match. There were times we didn’t take full advantage of. We conceded two goals, they were pressing a lot. Lots of great, fun moments. We should have made better use of the spaces. Especially with a score of 1-0. We leave Madrid as a losing team.

Learning

“For the next games, I hope we learn from what happened. As soon as we get back to the Bundesliga. After the initial goal we made some mistakes with our young players, we have a lot of U21 players, and that was noticeable because we were playing against a very strong team. I never thought we would lose. In the second half we never lost control of the game. We couldn’t close out the chances we had. In the second half, I want the youngsters to have a positive result. “We’ll study it using the criteria, to work to our strengths.”

Future commitments

“We don’t have much time to stop. The consequences we want to make are simple. On Sunday, our situation is a bit adverse because we play on Sunday. “We have to recover the energy.”

Vermeeren

“We remain convinced that Vermeeren is a good player, he left a good feeling in his first training sessions. He returned to his old team. You can see that he wants to win the ball back, he sees where there are space, he has strategic skills. “It’s a solid game on his part.”

Complaints to referees

“They are my special friends. Our winger had a tackle on the touchline and a minute later he received a card. It went down in history. If you’re going here, and Atlético are ahead, time is an important factor. At the end of the day, Atlético won and we congratulate them.

Play at Metropolitan

“All of us and with me are special nights in the Champions League. It’s great to see Griezmann play. A challenge. We came with a lot of enthusiasm and we would have liked to get a good result. Keep the confidence in ourselves and in our style of playing. We were a little surprised at Atlético. We had the spaces that you have on very few occasions. We would have had a better result.”