Foot – Champions League – Atlético – Diego Simeone (Atlético) after the defeat against Leipzig: “We gave everything we had”

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Atlético de Madrid coach Diego Simeone had little to complain about his players after their elimination in the Champions League quarter-finals against Leipzig (1-2) on Thursday.

Diego Simeone (coach of Atlético de Madrid), after the defeat against Leipzig (1-2) in the quarter-finals of the Champions League : “There is bitterness, sadness. We wanted more. But we gave everything we had, everything. When we lose, of course, we look for what is wrong. But we did everything to arrive in the best possible way at the end of this long and difficult season. We had no physical brilliance, no continuity, they cut our actions very well, they had to make a minimum of twenty mistakes … We came back to the match in the 70th, and there was no longer the same thing. But their second goal came, and then we ran out of time.

“We gave the best of ourselves”

They were better, faster. From the entrance of Joao (Felix), we found better passages in attack. We gave the best of ourselves, it’s been a hard, very hard year. We did a great job to get back to the quarter-finals of the Champions League. We tried to do our best to advance in this competition that we like so much. It’s been a full season, with 3rd place in La Liga allowing us to re-qualify for the Champions League next year. We will try to improve ourselves next season, it will be our responsibility, the technical staff. “

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