Simeone bluntly: “I’m very well”

The coach of Atlético de Madrid, Diego Pablo Simeone, has appeared earlier than the media upfront of the decisive second leg match of the Champions League towards Bruges. Together with his thoughts set on overcoming the tie, the Argentine coach has analyzed the audacity of the Belgian workforce, has mirrored on the offensive evolution of his squad – highlighting the compatibility in assault of Alexander Sorloth and Julián Álvarez – and has made a passionate attraction to the pink and white followers to be the driving drive of the workforce. Moreover, “Cholo” has valued the load of legends like Griezmann and Koke, and has underlined the necessity to get better defensive solidity to attain the specified steadiness.

The strategy of the match and the rival

«The sport is unimaginable since you take note of what can occur, however clearly it’s not all the time associated to what occurs and you must adapt to what occurs within the recreation. I believe that we’re going to strategy the sport in the way in which by which we consider we will harm them.

Concerning Bruges, they’re a workforce that performs very nicely, that’s courageous, that has quite a lot of younger individuals who transfer quite a bit, and that competes very nicely for the reason that arrival of the coach, who is superb. We wish to take the sport to the place we consider we will harm them. I do not take into consideration whether or not we’re related or not; They work very nicely, they’ve all the time labored very nicely. It’s the third time that we’re going to face them they usually have all the time been robust video games. After taking part in each them and us, we’ll find yourself adjusting some issues since you are seeing what you needed to play towards the rival that you’re going to repeat the sport. However we coaches search for issues that by no means occur.”

The essential function of the followers

«We want our folks, for our folks to be near the workforce as I stated within the post-match the opposite days. “That vitality that brings us down and feeds us, and we now have to provide it again with work, with soccer, with play, and I hope the workforce can play recreation tomorrow.”

Crew evolution: Stability and correct names

About Sorloth and Julián, who’ve performed many video games collectively: “They’re suitable for tomorrow and for another recreation.”

When requested if he prefers a extra defensively stable Atlético de Madrid or extra back-and-forth like the present one, he defined: “The gamers we now have take us in the direction of that place the place we now have extra attacking gamers with good offensive play. The workforce has developed quite a bit in that facet and it’s clear that we now have to get better the defensive facet, which I believe isn’t so dangerous in La Liga and, even so, we’re removed from the place we needs to be. “We hope to have the steadiness that’s all the time sought.”

About Griezmann and Koke: «They’re legends of the membership. Historic gamers with an necessary current and clearly they aren’t going to go away that place as a result of they wish to play, they wish to compete, they wish to win. The whole lot they provide us, as you’ll be able to see, is essential for the workforce whether or not they play 20 minutes, play 60 or get 90 minutes.

His temper and the load of the tie

Concerning his vitality and what he wants, he has been blunt: “I’m very nicely.”

When requested if tomorrow’s recreation is a turning level within the season, he defined: “I am unable to take into consideration whether or not we win or lose. “At this second I’m serious about taking part in the sport and when one factor or the opposite occurs tomorrow I’ll reply you.”

Atleti arrives on the second leg of the tie with the signal of favourite, to which he defined: “We’re clear about what our function is in tomorrow’s recreation and I’m clear that the rival workforce isn’t going to alter completely something as a result of they play that manner (with respect to the strategy of the primary leg), as I all the time do away from house or at house, so I can not think about one other recreation that isn’t much like the one we skilled the opposite day.”