Diego Simeone clears up all doubts: “I’ve never talked to Cristiano Ronaldo” | International Football

Diego Simeone
coach of Atlético de Madrid, assured on Tuesday that he had “never” spoken
Cristiano Ronaldo
of a possible purchase last summer, because, as he does not see Real Madrid directing, it is “difficult” to see the Portuguese striker in the rojiblanco team, while he remarked in this regard that he has “quite clear ideas” what he wants and “what the team needs”.

“I’ve never talked to Ronaldo. I explained it very well in the interview the other day, so there isn’t much else to comment on. I don’t see myself directing Real Madrid, in the same way that, beyond all his hierarchy, skills and extraordinary goals, it is difficult to see him at Atlético de Madrid, “the coach said at a press conference before training. evening in the Sports Town of Majadahonda.

Why didn’t you say it earlier this summer? “Because it didn’t seem decisive to me to say it. People know me, those who know me, and what doesn’t know me is a problem for others. I have quite clear ideas about what I want and what the team needs“, replied the Argentine coach, who was asked if he should ‘bite his tongue’ during this summer.” Today they came spicy. Whatever. Peace of mind “, he answered in the last question.

Without pauses, with very little time for preparation, with video as an even more fundamental tool to face and correct every game, Rayo Vallecano awaits this Tuesday. “We will find another intense team, like Athletic were three days ago. They are the best in the league at recovering the ball. We will find a team that has many weapons, that one. last season he had a long season at a very good level and he never shows fear“, analyzed the coach.

His team relaunched with three consecutive league wins, placed on the podium of the standings and six points behind Real Madrid. “It is important that the players are well and we must bring them to the best, that they are at ease especially on the pitch and that they feel important in the game …”, he underlined.

“And good strength clearly helps,” continued Simeone, who recalled Williams’ header which, had it been a goal, would have promoted “a completely different game”. “There was no strength, we scored the goal, not the canceled one but the other, and this generated confidence, confidence and much more appreciation for all the good work the team is doing,” added the Argentine coach.

He also influenced the steadfastness behind his team as one of the keys to Atlético’s growth. “Surely the defensive strength that Stefan Savic with José María Giménez gives us, above all, plus the excellent moment of Kondogbia, which rebalances the entire midfield, is making us live with a game closer to what we want to find because its characteristics they are very good, “he analyzed.

“Reinildo has improved a lot since he arrived, he is in a very important moment, and Molina is also improving. This strength that we have always had historically is slowly taking shape and there are guys who wait and deserve to play, like Hermoso, above all. , that we do not give him space, but surely it will be everyone’s turn to play, because there are so many matches “, remarked the coach, who is not isolated in a single tactical system, although the quadrilateral has won, the bottom line has given him the ‘another day.

“We don’t close ourselves in one situation, because all games are different and all games ask us to observe, look and stop at not just something that went well the other day. It reinforces the things we are doing well and continues. along these lines. It is clear that we need all the players, because there will be a lot of competition and it will be necessary to strengthen the energies with the five changes“, She said.

“We need the people who start and people who wait to enter to do it with the same enthusiasm as the starters. All the teams are in the same situation, with many games. That said, the only thing that can bring it forward in the best way. way is that everyone is involved “, continued Simeone, whose team will face the sixth game in 18 days on Tuesday, when there are still six until November 10, when the League stops for the Qatar 2022 World Cup.

He was also asked for the praise of the press for Real Madrid in the classic, for his low block in defense and his strength in attack, when they were not so when his Atlético also opted for the same mechanisms on the pitch.

“I have no intention of entering … It is not necessary. I say that there are several ways to control football. You are journalists, you spend all day giving your opinion, watching, every day you understand more, as well as not having played some or yes, because they have a lot of football in their eyes. That’s how you want to interpret it. There is no doubt that in football you can control the game in many ways, “he said.