Atletico Madrid coach Diego Pablo Simeone, admitted after the defeat against Athletic Club in San Mamés (2-0) that they are in a “difficult moment” Of which there were “almost none” in the “ten and a half years” that he has led the mattress group.
“It concerns us, it worries us and we look for the best paths. The team trains and works. There is no lack of commitment, intensity or aggressiveness. What was missing today was freshness and forcefulness. We are not going to make excuses for the little big details, but they exist and they are the ones that position you in a match”, he explained.
Simeone assumed that Atlético’s “first 15-20 minutes” “were not good” and that “some center and the races of (Iñaki) Williams” generated “difficulty” in that initial stretch.
“Starting games well depends a lot on the coaches and we’re not getting it right. You have to know how to be in difficult moments, which were few in these ten and a half yearsAnd we’ll see who’s there. The responsibility of being in the Champions League or not and of achieving the objective that the club has and that we must carry out depends on me”, he concluded.