Giuliano Simeone speaks clearly after losing to FC Barcelona: “It makes me happy”

On nights the place Simeone’s scheme is pushed to the restrict by circumstances, that aggressive DNA that defines the entity emerges. Atlético de Madrid resisted towards FC Barcelona in a battle marked by epic, vital absences and a untimely expulsion that compelled the mattress crew to multiply their efforts on the inexperienced.

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On the finish of the match, Giuliano Simeone acted as spokesperson for a sense shared within the locker room: delight in by no means decreasing one’s arms. For the ahead, the studying is evident and optimistic, particularly because of the response of the purple and white crew within the face of adversity.

The revolt of the quarry within the face of losses

What made the followers smile essentially the most, past the end result, was seeing how Simeone’s much less standard pupils confirmed up. Confronted with a saturated infirmary and a purple card that conditioned the preliminary plan, Cholo gave approach to youth. “Right this moment two boys from the youth crew got here out to play towards Barcelona and you may hardly discover the distinction. They left every thing,” Giuliano defined with the satisfaction of somebody who is aware of that the membership’s future is secure.

It’s, undoubtedly, the information that makes the Metropolitan’s noble ground the happiest: the defend is defended with the identical depth whoever carries it.

A tactical survival train

Defensive sacrifice was the pillar on which the purple and white crew stood. Giuliano, more and more established within the dynamics of the primary crew, assumed a job of absolute put on and tear. “I do what they ask of me on a defensive stage. I at all times attempt to right errors and attempt to contribute anyplace on the sector,” commented the striker, underlining the flexibility that the teaching workers calls for a lot.

In a match the place they needed to adapt to a low block and run into areas with one much less man, the crew demonstrated that capability for struggling that makes nice groups.

The Camp Nou and the Metropolitan issue

The tie now strikes to Catalan lands, however at Atlético nobody is backing down. “We’ll go to the Camp Nou to run and play identical to right here,” warned an bold Giuliano, conscious that the return in Madrid will function participant quantity twelve: the followers.

For the ahead, the actual fact of competing in a rare manner regardless of the losses permits the Colchonero crew to maintain the phantasm intact. Religion is non-negotiable and, after what we noticed within the Copa del Rey, the message is evident for all Atlético gamers: we are able to dream of the semifinals.