Simeone: "I am grateful to the Atlético fan, they loved me even when I hadn't given them anything"

MADRID, 6 Nov. (EUROPA PRESS) -

The coach of Atlético de Madrid, Diego Pablo Simeone, has assured that, despite the criticism and some whistles that could be heard this Sunday in the draw against RCD Espanyol (1-1), he will always be "grateful" to the fans of the rojiblanco club, and that "no circumstantial situation" will make him think otherwise.

"I came to Atlético de Madrid as a player, young, and the first season was very bad, with a team that could not generate anything, and they always loved me, and I had given them absolutely nothing in that first year. Over time We managed to win the Cup and LaLiga, have good seasons, I came back as a footballer to almost close my career and now I'm back as a coach. I am grateful to the Atlético de Madrid fan for life, because the love they always gave me is not to upset any circumstantial situation," he declared at a press conference.

For this reason, he downplayed some whistles that have been heard this Sunday at the Cívitas Metropolitano. "The important thing is to win, that people feel identified with the team again. We have to promote and generate that positive environment, it is a challenge that we have as a team. Our people are a very important part of everything that surrounds the team", he stressed .

On the lack of forcefulness and the state of mind of the team, the Argentine coach pointed out that "one comes hand in hand with the other." "We were lucky to keep one more during a large part of the game, we had goal situations to score, we couldn't find it in the first half. They scored and after scoring the team the desire to create situations and danger increased," he said. .

"If you have forcefulness, the emotional and mental part grows; when you see that you have a situation, two, three, five, we kicked 27 times... We couldn't specify. Normally we are a team that has much more precision than is being showing and hopefully we can adjust that situation. Except in the Porto game, which was very bad, in the rest we always had goal situations", he continued.

In addition, he insisted that "after Porto, the 'Champions' and Europe stage was closed." "A new tournament begins in LaLiga, where we are not doing badly; we could have won with Rayo, with Cádiz, today, but we did not win. We did the merits to get closer. We have to be sure of what we want and hope that in At some point this will break. Today at least we didn't lose, we wanted to win, but the result was ugly due to the result against. We were able to win, but we are left with this tie in a League in which we need to be among the top four and we will work for it," he said.

To redirect the situation, the 'Cholo' stressed that they must have "calm". "The tranquility gives you the forcefulness and the freshness to be able to achieve. We will work on that, to give the players security to have that coldness, especially in the last meters, because we have very good players and they are going to return to the goal," he said. .

"It's a shame we didn't win today, we're looking for that goal that was denied us in every way, due to a great performance by Lecomte and because Espanyol defended well. We have to accept it. We have one more league game in Mallorca, which will be difficult, with a coach who knows how to play these types of games, and I must convey security to my people, believe in the players we have. Joao's entry again, as in the game with Cádiz, showed what we all want from him; he is a It's a shame he won't be in Mallorca because of his yellow card. Llorente came back, Lemar came back, he gave us a little more play," he concluded.