Simeone: "I see the team wanting to reverse the situation"

The Atlético coach is confident of confirming the improvement in the game this Saturday against Real Valladolid at the Metropolitan

MADRID, 20 Ene. (EUROPA PRESS) -

The Atlético de Madrid coach, Diego Pablo Simeone, stated that he sees the squad "wanting to reverse the situation" the day before the match against Real Valladolid, corresponding to matchday eighteen of LaLiga Santander that takes place this Saturday at Cívitas Metropolitan.

"We need to have the commitment from the game. The other day in the first half we didn't have a good time and the team was playing badly. We didn't play football, but I see, after the World Cup, the team wanting to reverse the situation. The team He is tired, he comes from playing three days ago, and we need the people", he commented at a press conference.

Regarding the arrival of Memphis Depay, from FC Barcelona, ​​he said that a player arrives "with great enthusiasm" and "with the desire to recover his best version". "We will work so that we can meet the footballer who was especially in France, in Lyon, because there he demonstrated his capacity and physical strength," he wished.

The 'Cholo' Simeone compared Depay with the Spanish-Brazilian striker Diego Costa, a "forward who can play as a second striker." "He is very similar to Costa because he defines well. In Barcelona, ​​last season he did not have bad numbers, but in this one he has played almost nothing", he justified.

Faced with the possible departure of Belgian midfielder Yannick Carrasco, Simeone declared himself "expectant" at the end of the winter market and aware that, with Atlético's good footballers, "any situation can happen." "The club is working for what the team may need and if it suits them. Yannick has always shown good versions with us, so hopefully he can maintain that level," he said.

In this sense, he admitted that they have no replacement on the right side for Nahuel Molina, except for Sergio Díez, from Atlético B. "We have tried several times with Marcos, but he doesn't like that position and the team does better by being more forward. It's what we have. Molina has always played, he has hardly ever had a rest because we find ourselves in that position with a difficulty", he confessed.

About the rival this Saturday in the Metropolitan, Simeone said that it is a team whose results have not accompanied the game that it displays. "Valladolid proposes a very clear game, causing things to happen, with many offensive players. For our part, we will try to get closer to what we were in the second half on other days and a large part of the game against Almería," he said.