Simeone: "There's a lot of Champions to play for and we don't have to get anxious"

MADRID, 4 Oct. (EUROPA PRESS) -

The coach of Atlético de Madrid, Diego Pablo Simeone, asked not to get "anxious" after Tuesday's defeat against Belgian Bruges because there is still "a lot of Champions League to play" and assured that despite everything he was left "with a lot of good things" in his team.

"There's a lot of Champions to play for and you have to be calm, you don't have to get anxious and know how to play this type of game that lies ahead", said Simeone after the game at the microphone of 'Movistar', where he acknowledged that all games "are endings always.

The Argentine made a positive analysis of the defeat. "It is clear that we are left with the positive things, we had many chances to score and we continue to insist despite the difficulties such as missing a penalty and we did not lower our arms or our guard. We have to continue working because there were good things and also to correct" , he stressed.

For 'Cholo', the match was "well played". "In the first half we controlled the game we wanted to play and we had two or three important situations to score and the lack of forcefulness caused us that they were able to solve the first important one of them and they took advantage," he said.

The mattress coach will wait to analyze the game to see if there was defensive weakness and stressed that in the second half "the figure" was Simone Mignolet, Bruges goalkeeper. "I keep a lot of good things," he reiterated.

"Football always gives you the opportunity to present yourself again and now you have to think about Saturday and then prepare well for the Champions League," said Simeone, who understood that the match required putting Antoine Griezmann in the starting lineup and pointed out that having scored the penalty could have been. "A goal always accommodates you and creates another space," he admitted.