Simeone: "There are different ways to win and they are all good and respectable"

MADRID, 3 Mar. (EUROPA PRESS) -

The Atlético de Madrid coach, Diego Pablo Simeone, was not critical of the style offered by FC Barcelona to defeat Real Madrid in the Copa del Rey because all the ways to win "are good and respectable", but he was with the fact that he looks "normal" except when he is linked to his team, while he recalled that to achieve the "illusion" that they have left this year of being back in the Champions League they need the fans, one of the "four legs" that have turned them into an "important" club.

"Football is a game that alternates game situations and Barcelona understood that at that moment they needed that game to win and they represented it in the best way to win the first tie," Simeone said this Friday at a previous press conference. to the visit of Seville.

For the 'Cholo', "words are words". "The only thing that counts are the facts and in fact, Barcelona did very well. Real Madrid had no goal situations and we must congratulate them on winning the game," he concluded.

In any case, he did regret that this type of defensive style is almost always associated with Atlético's way of playing. "It is positioned to function in a certain situation and even if that is not seen, it appears, and when it is represented by another team it is normal. I no longer value it because the only thing that counts is winning and for that there are different ways and all good and respectable," he said.

From the cup match he was also asked about Vinicius's action with Frenkie de Jong, in which the Brazilian shook the Dutchman by the neck and was no longer in contention for the ball, costing him the yellow card, and comparing it to the red card that Stefan saw Savic for his incident with Ferran Torres in the league match against FC Barcelona.

"I saw it the same as you (the journalists) saw it, seeing the images we also wondered. What you see is very difficult to put more things on it and it will depend on the interpretation as always and how the referees understand in the best way what to do so that everything is even", said the Argentine.

As for his team and the response he expects from his fans on Sevilla's visit this Saturday, Simeone made it clear that "the beautiful thing" they have left this season is "the opportunity to re-enter the Champions League." "And from that there is an illusion to see ourselves in this competition and to get there we need the four legs that have made us an important team," he warned.

"SEVILLA IS ALWAYS STRONG AND COMPETITIVE"

The mattress coach believes that now they are at a better level, something normal because "all teams have higher or lower moments"- "You have to know how to live with them when they are low and we, unfortunately, at that stage we did not know how to live well" he expressed.

"Now, we are collectively very well, being a block under pressure in the defensive phase, and the team looks like wanting to do well. Hopefully we can have the important support of our people because a tough and difficult game awaits us" , added the Argentine.

He stressed that Sevilla "is always strong, competitive and will give its best until the end", although it is not at the top this year. "In the Europa League he still has options to play and is competing well, and in the League he is recovering," he stressed.

Simeone pointed out that his next rival has "good footballers and that he has always competed well", blaming that he is not up there for having lost "many important players in the defensive part" in the summer.

"The arrival of Sampaoli has generated order, work and a recognizable system. It is a team that attacks very well, which manages to generate a good game with its verticality and has grown a lot since Sampaoli arrived, especially what it transmitted to it in terms of pressure , recovery after loss and managing in the best way in high and low block. I think he is on the right track", valued the 'Cholo'.

For this match, he will have the important loss due to suspension of the Argentine right-back Nahuel Molina, which could lead to the debut of the Irishman Matt Doherty. "He is working very well and is going from less to more. He has options to play and we hope that if he starts or for a while he can do it in the best way," he explained.