Atletico Madrid coach Diego Pablo Simeone, considered that the key to his team’s victory against Alavés 4-1 was that the tie for the Vitorian team was “quick”, in the first 20 minutes of the second half, which gave them “time to react”.
“The best thing that came to us is that the goal came quickly for have time to reactand what was seen is a good reaction from the team”, highlighted Simeone after the victory at the Wanda Metropolitano.
A victory that was preceded by a minute of silence in memory of the father of the Atletico coachCarlos Simeone, who died last week in Buenos Aires (Argentina).
The Atlético coach wanted to thank the gesture as soon as he appeared in the press room. “First I wanted to comment on the minute of silence for my father, I appreciate the respect and the minute that was made and how people responded accordingly. I will never forget it and I did not want to let it go unnoticed. And to the club for having done it,” he said. .
Already immersed in the analysis of the match, Simeone considered that his team started “very well”. “The team was clear about how to attack, that’s how the ‘offside’ goal appeared, then Joao’s, and after 15-20 minutes we started to leave the gameletting them grow, they to the second ball with Joselu and on the wings with Edgar and Rioja they are fast, they know what they have to do from any situation that you allow them, and we allowed it”, he analyzed.
PRAISE FOR SUÁREZ
Simeone praised Suárez’s behavior after losing his place as starting striker in the team to the detriment of Joao Félix and Antoine Griezmann, the duo most used in recent games by the rojiblanco coach.
“It makes me very happy for him, because obviously he is at a time that has not happened to him in his career yet, and he is living it with a lot of hierarchy, security. They should have seen Suárez tell Joao ‘you have to score two goals’. Nice things to see from Suárez with the history and experience that he has. He wants to compete to win, and to win we all have to be involved”, stressed the coach.
Simeone considered that the team has to continue “on the same line” that began with the victory against Osasunathe first of seven in a row in the League for the rojiblanco team.
“We started against Osasuna, we set ourselves the objective of the League of 14 days. Now comes another fantastic competition which is the ‘Champions’, a two-legged match against an extraordinary rival who plays very well, who has a fantastic coach and it’s a great match”, he said in relation to next Tuesday’s first-leg quarter-final match against Manchester City.