“I like to see a team that defends low and attacks like Madrid”

09/19/2022 at 00:26

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The rojiblanco coach gave a wake-up call to his pupils after the Madrid derby

The Argentine praised Carlo Ancelotti for his management of the match

Diego Simeone, coach of Atlético de Madrid, insisted this Sunday, after the defeat against Real Madrid in the derby (1-2), that he “likes” that you can see “a team that defends low and attacks” like the white Set, that reminds the rojiblanco block that was league champion with Diego Costa in 2013-14and remarked that, “when there is forcefulness, football is wonderful”, while he considered that the 0-2 in the 35th minute “does not fit so much with what was happening”.

“I am left with a feeling of never having taken my face off the game, despite the 0-2 blow that, given what we were experiencing, does not fit so much with what was happening, but the forcefulness is wonderful and seeing a team that defends low and attacks reminds me of the team we had there with Diego Costa, who went out on the counterattack. When there is forcefulness, football is wonderful,” she said.

“Nothing to claim the footballer, beyond an error that may have occurred within the game, because they gave everything and gave themselves to the game. We started it well, they have a very good direct game, a very fast defense-attack transition, with extraordinary forcefulness. I like that you can see a team that plays defensively in order, plays well, counterattacks and takes advantage of situations very well like Madrid does”, he said.

Great job by the coach (Carlo Ancelotti), because he manages to bring together several players who play ball very well, at the same time they work defensively and at the same time they counterattack. Despite all this we were always in the game, we always tried not to leave the game, despite that 0-2 that was strong for what was being seen. The second part we improved the intensity, when Cunha and Correa came on, who gave the team more life and a little more aggressiveness than it had until that moment. If you don’t have intensity against Madrid, it’s very difficult to get it back”, he added.

Atlético remains eight points behind Real Madrid’s leadership. “We compete in each game as always, trying to do our best in each match to score the maximum number of points. It is true that we have just lost two games at home in the League, with Villarreal and today, possibly both undeservedly, but we lost“, Simeone pointed out, who hoped to have Stefan Savic and José María Giménez available as soon as possible “to have an alternative” to build the defense.

Marcos Llorente returned to the right lane. “He understood that he had more response in the duel with Vinicius, as he did, that he did very well, with a great job. It is not an excuse that Marcos here or Marcos there. Given the impossibility of Giménez and Savic (both injured) we are delaying Witsel so that he gives us peace of mind on that plot. To continue working, not looking beyond the Sevilla game, knowing what we do well and what we have to improve and continue working, looking at the day to day, which is the only thing that matters”, he valued.

Simeone had Antoine Griezmann as a starter for the first time this season, after being a substitute in each of the previous games. “We understood that he could start from the start. He gave us a great job, he was seen in several places, first as second striker, trying to go down to associate, in the second half turning to the left to work on the band. He played an important game, as did several guys on the team.

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