Simeone: "We had the weight of the match without the most important thing"

MADRID, 9 Ene. (EUROPA PRESS) -

The Atlético de Madrid coach, Diego Pablo Simeone, lamented the lack of "forcefulness" in his team after dominating Barça for 70 minutes, without the goal that the rival did have to take (0-1) the duel this Sunday of the Metropolitan.

"I'm leaving with the bad feeling that we lost three important points for our league. The team played very well after the first 20 minutes, as I wanted to play. They were 70 very good minutes, a complete game that doesn't accompany the most important thing , which are the three points," he said at a press conference.

The rojiblanco coach pointed out that the match was to be signed before it started, but not the lack of goal. "We didn't defend badly but when we got the ball back we lost it. When we started to play better the rival withdrew, but we didn't put it in," he said.

"The solution is to keep working, get closer to these 70 minutes and above all have more forcefulness. Football is distributed, there is time for one team and another. If they tell me that I am going to suffer the first 20 minutes and then you are going to play 70 I'll buy very good minutes, but in those 70 minutes, the most important thing, which is the goal, did not appear", he added.

On the other hand, the 'Cholo' was asked about the red and white pearl Pablo Barrios. "He is a boy who is growing, it could happen that he did not have the same importance but it is a great investment and a present that can help us. We had the weight of the game, but in football, forcefulness is the most important thing", he pointed out.

In addition, Simeone pointed to the "game by game" to reverse a league situation that, after matchday 16, they see outside the Champions League zone and 14 points behind the leader Barça.