Diego Pablo Simeone: “This Monday, to school with the Atlético shirt”

MADRID, 25 Sep. (EUROPA PRESS) –

The coach of Atlético de Madrid, Diego Pablo Simeone, celebrated a “very good game” for his team to defeat Real Madrid (3-1) this Sunday at the Metropolitano, both in defense and attack, “happy” because “this Monday”, the children will go “to school with the” red and white t-shirt.

«Today Álvaro played an extraordinary game beyond the two goals, for his work. We need this Morata, we know that he can do it, that he has his weapons, to reach the numbers that he is looking for and that we need. I hope he can maintain this level, he is an important forward for the Spanish team and for Atlético,” he said about the author of a double.

The ‘Cholo’ praised the Madrid striker, who did not seem to be clear about his continuity at Atlético, just as he saw the presence of Koke at the start as necessary, back after injury. «We played a very good game. In the first half we came in strong, we could do damage from the sides, we knew that they suffered with the crosses to the far post and they executed it in the best way,” he stated.

«The greatest thing about today was the spirit that the team had, when it goes up and down the stands, we are a difficult team. We came from the Valencia game, who were not worried, it was a game that could happen. We played a great game in Rome and today they played the game that people needed to see. We tried to start the second half attacking and the third goal appeared, and we were able to reach the end calmly,” he added.

Simeone insisted on describing his team’s game as “very good”, forceful in both areas. «It was a very good game in general, after 2-0 we went back too much. Then we became consistent again, and we played. The team has weapons to do it. Great teams achieve defensive and offensive forcefulness, the more consistency increases the possibility of playing the game with more calm,” he noted.

«I don’t interpret what others think. I interpret what I see, what we saw that could be good for the team. I interpret that the team played a great game and it makes me happy that tomorrow, Monday, the boys are going to go to school wearing the Atlético de Madrid shirt and that makes me very happy,” he concluded.