The coach of Atlético de Madrid, Diego Pablo Simeonehas assured that “forcefulness”, which was missing in the Champions League defeat against Lille (1-3), is what makes you “be better”, and has appealed to recover it this Sunday in the LaLiga match EA Sports against Real Betis.
«Defensive forcefulness makes you better, offensive forcefulness makes you better. Football is managed in these two facets. Then there is everything in between, which is the game, the associative, the third man, the fourth man, the position, defending low, defending high, recovering after loss… But The reality is forcefulness in the areas, and the team that is better in those situations will always be the one that is closest to winning«he declared at a press conference.
However, he downplayed the Norwegian striker’s definitional errors. Alexander Sorloth against the French team. «I see it on the contrary, that he is connecting much better with his teammates, his teammates are finding him in his best version of the game. That is a very important step and it is a positive, not negative, situation for the team,” he stressed.
Furthermore, he indicated that he does not feel that there is “a defined system for a team”, but that there are “moments” in which it can be “alternated” and in which one must “accommodate what the team asks for and also how it is done.” “the rival behaves.” «There is not only one position in the game, I do not see a team that plays the entire game the same defensively, I do not see a team that attacks the entire game in the same way. There is a main idea, but from that main idea there are a lot of variants that the game itself generates for you,” he said.
Real Madrid-Barcelona
In another order of things, the Argentine coach did not want to express a wish about how he hopes this Saturday’s Classic between Real Madrid and Barcelona will be resolved. «I may have a favorable thought for Atlético, but we have to play tomorrow’s game. My thoughts don’t matter if I don’t give value and importance to the game we have to play tomorrow. We know that, whatever happens, it is clear that the two are not going to get three points,” he noted.
«Tomorrow we have a difficult, tough game, with a team that plays better and better, that has been with the coach for many years, who knows them very well, who frees them, who makes them play creative football, attacking football, and they have improved a lot in recovering the ball,” he continued about the green and white team.
On the other hand, he did not say how much time Robin Le Normand has left to recover from his traumatic brain injury. «I still have no idea about the possibility of his return, the most important thing and the only thing that interests us is that he is well and once he is well, we will take him as a footballer who comes back to Atlético and who rested after the Eurocup. Now all this is great for him to rest,” he expressed.
Regarding the Frenchman Thomas Lemar, the only footballer who has not yet made his debut this season, he assured that “when he was at his best level it was very important to win LaLiga”, highlighting “his nobility and his behavior as a person and as a footballer.” «Unfortunately, he had to deal with this injury that caused him to be away from the team for a long time. He has returned, he has been injured, he has returned, he is working with incredible commitment and enthusiasm. Hopefully we can help him too,” he said.
Finally, he revealed that he asks Samu for Lino. «Everything I had last season: enthusiasm, enthusiasm, determination, above all determination. He plays in a position on the field where the decision is very important for making subsequent decisions. We need that footballer because he is very important for our game, be it associative, deep and goal-scoring, because he also tends to have many goal situations from the game,” he explained.
«These six games we were talking a lot, even though it hasn’t started from the beginning; The other day he entered better, with another rhythm and determination at the end of the field, and when he has determination things happen. Came the play in which Giuliano ends up shooting, in which the goalkeeper takes it for a corner. That’s what we need, but more times,” he concluded.
