Simeone: "The healthiest thing for football is to have peace of mind"

MADRID, 18 Feb. (EUROPA PRESS) -

The Atlético de Madrid coach, Diego Pablo Simeone, hopes that the people in charge of resolving the scandal generated by the payment of FC Barcelona for advice to the former vice president of the Referee Technical Committee José María Enríquez Negreira will be "as clear as possible" to give " tranquility" to the world of football, and hopes that the result will be "the fairest for all".

"It is difficult to give an opinion because we do not know, we simply read what certain people say, what appears in the newspapers and on the radio. The most healthy and beautiful thing about this game is that there is peace of mind for everyone. There are people who work for that and we , to ours. People who have to resolve this type of situation must be as clear as possible so that everything is calm, which is what matters to us," he declared at a press conference.

However, he did not want to describe the fact as immoral or unethical, stating that each one should evaluate this. "I am not in the place to open an opinion, there are people trained to understand if that is right or wrong. Those who have to make decisions will decide what is fairest for everyone," she said.

On the other hand, he did agree to analyze the football state of Xavi Hernández's team. "Talking about Barcelona is talking about the best team in LaLiga at the moment, it transmits a very clear game. It started with pure wingers and is ending with midfielders playing as wingers, like Gavi or Pedri. They are doing extraordinarily well, they play very well in the ball," he said.

"Barcelona's style did not change. With the arrival of Xavi, they recovered that essence that they have always had and that identifies a club like Barcelona. Is it their turn to win 1-0? They have improved a lot in defense, Araujo and Christensen have they have played a very good defensive game. When you have good defenders it is more difficult for them to score a goal", he continued.

The other order of things, the Argentine coach spoke about his rival this Sunday at the Cívitas Metropolitano. "Athletic is a difficult team, with great pressure in the rival field, with very important forward midfield players, with a block that has been playing together for years, with a coach who works very well, who after passing "For Barcelona, ​​he has incorporated more things into his capacity as a coach. He is going to compete as he is doing in the Cup. Tomorrow we will have to take the game to where we believe we can hurt them", he stressed.

He also expressed his wish that the red and white fans support them. "In everything that is not being with the team, we all lose. It will depend on us, the players and the coaching staff, to transmit enthusiasm to the people, so that from the stands they can push and can interpret that being together we are stronger and being divided we lose", signalled.

Finally, Simeone gave his opinion on the decision of Getafe footballer Jakub Jankto to reveal that he is homosexual. "We are in a totally open world, with its security and its tranquility to transmit it as it was transmitted. We live with it in society, it is totally natural. Years ago it was news and today it is something absolutely natural," he concluded.