Diego Simeone coach of Atlético de Madrid, He addressed the media after his team’s resounding defeat against Benfica at Da Luz.
Tough loss
“A game that was not good, that we did not manage well, they were very strong for all our mistakes, congratulate the rival for the strength that they have, we did a good job since the start of the preseason and the game appeared not He wants it to appear. It is clear from the first part that it is not what we thought and in the second the punishment is immediate…
It is surprising that he removed Griezmann, Koke and De Paul from the bench. What are you looking for?
“They are players with very clear importance to the team, we thought to give them strength in the middle, to win the aerial game with some crosses that we could get. We could have reached a dangerous area but we lacked finishing, we needed more crosses, the penalty came, then the goal ball stopped… a bad night, accept it, try to learn from what happened today and recover the energy for Sunday’s game.”
Fatigue played a role, said after the derby…
“No, let’s not look for excuses, we didn’t play a good game, the responsible is the coach, the one who makes the formation, the one who makes the changes… Now the changes don’t do more. The difference is a bad game for everyone, accept it as it is part of the game and now try to recover the energy for Sunday’s game.
There’s a lack of rhythm, there’s a lack of things to think about…
No, we played badly, accept it. “We didn’t play well, the changes didn’t give us that change in the game that we were looking for and accept that we played badly, we lost fairly, they won, they were better and congratulate them.”
Feeling of helplessness
“There was not a lot of tension, attitude or desire to run. We played poorly, which we sometimes confused with a lack of attitude and when you don’t play well you have a chance to lose. The opponent took advantage of everything we allowed them to do . a certain way, the game is bad.”
Absence of Le Normand
“There are players who are special and different. Le Normand is special in our defense. Today Giménez played a very good game. We have to improve together because one player doesn’t make everyone better, but I don’t have doubt Robin helps us on the defensive side in a different way.”
What didn’t work?
“Everything we proposed and wanted to come up with was not a good choice on the coach’s part.”
Source: La Verdad
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