Simeone: “Today is the birthday of my father, who died two years ago: What a gift he sent!”

Diego Pablo Simeonecoach of Atlético de Madridreviewed his team’s success against FC Barcelona, which served to end a streak of 18 years without beating the Catalan team in Barcelona. “Today is my father’s birthday who died two years ago and he gave us a present.”

“I have no doubt that the games that the team lost Barçaif you go into the details of the match, in analysis, they didn’t deserve to lose. In The Palms They have a lot of scoring chances, against Leganes many scoring chances. But hey, football has these situations. “This is a team that takes risks, that spends a lot of energy and if the goal doesn’t come, it’s a problem, not a solution,” he commented.

“The team struggled, the Barça They had a lot of chances, they played really well, it was a great night for a lot of them defensively, Oblak above all, and that led us to live. We started entering the game with 1-0, the second half was played more, we had Neighborhoodsthey are many and we found the goddess of strength. When you attack too much, you are disorganized and the team is able to take advantage of the counter attack and Sorloth “He scored a great goal,” commented the coach, at the end of the match.

The coach admitted that there was a change of face from one half to the next, from a very timid one, the first, without shots on the rival goal. A second, somewhat more energetic, in which the weight of the game was carried by the rival. “We found each other along the way. As a coach, our greatest virtue is to follow what they do well, give it structure so that the team develops as they play the game. We started with Vic, go we at Paris when it was very difficult and the same happened today and we were able to compete in the best way and basically what the club has left in the legacy is that, of evening, Godin, Juanfran and they left it kokein From Paul from Argentina and we have great forwards,” he explained.

Again, a partnership formed by players coming off the bench settled the match. It is no coincidence that the Athletic be the team with the most substitute goals in the five major leagues. “They are ready to fight, the strongest among us is the group. It seems easy to say, but the group showed it in facts. Changes come and it really shows, we want to have everything the same way. And to compete with two monsters like real Madrid and Barcelona “It is all good,” commented Cholo.

Molina attend and Sorloth operated. “It’s cold. He scored a great goal and said ‘goal’. We talked to him three or four weeks ago explaining who I am and the idea I have. If we delay it, we will lose six months. We started to talk, he interpreted it in the best way, his 20, 30 or 40 minutes were extraordinary, he let us out at the back, gave us a sense of danger and we got a victory, “said he said emphatically.