Majadahonda (Madrid), Oct 23 (EFE) .- Among the controversy of a calendar so loaded for footballers, with the FIFA dates so extended in the case of the South American qualifiers for Qatar 2022 and with the background debate of a World Cup each Two years ago, Diego Simeone, the Atlético de Madrid coach, expressed this Saturday that ‘you can express your opinion, claim and protest, but television and money rule, companies grow and clubs and national teams need money’, with footballers and the coaches in the middle of it all.
‘As much as one may comment on the situations that are proposed, the final decision does not fall on the part of the coaches or the players. I put myself in the shoes of the national team footballer and I always wanted to go and play with my national team. It is very difficult to say ‘no’ to your selection. The view of the footballers in their best versions is getting worse and worse, but that does not depend on us’, explained the coach at the telematic press conference after morning training at the Ciudad Deportiva de Majadahonda (Madrid).
‘You can give your opinion, you can complain, you can protest, but television rules, money rules, companies grow and clubs and national teams need money. And we are in the middle, where you can claim, express your opinion, protest, but in the end life is what it is for everyone, ‘he added.
What is Simeone’s opinion about a World Cup every two years? ‘As a player I would have liked to play all the World Cups year after year, because it is exciting, special, different and very beautiful. On the part of the coach, it is normal that we want to have the players ourselves. This season there are a lot of stops. But honestly, I don’t care. I care about the Real Sociedad game, ‘he stressed. EFE.
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