Simeone flirts with Real Madrid after the derby

Simeone flirts with Real Madrid after the derby

Argentine coach Diego Simeone, Atletico Madrid coach, stressed, after the derby loss at home to Real Madrid (1-2) today, Sunday, at the top of the sixth round of La Liga, that he "loves" to see "a team that defends solidly at the back and attacks" like the royal team.

In his statements after the meeting, which was held at the (Metropolitano) stadium: “I feel satisfied with the match presented by the team, and I have a feeling that the two-goal delay did not express what actually happened in the first half, but the effectiveness of Real Madrid is amazing, and seeing a team defending and attacking in this way reminds me of the team that We had him with Diego Costa when we were on the counter-attack. When there is action and decisiveness, football is great."

He continued: "I can't ask the players for anything, apart from the mistake that might happen on the field, they gave everything, they were present in the match. We started well, but the opponent has a very good direct game. I like to see a team defend in such an organized way, He plays well, plays the counter-attack, and makes good use of offensive situations, as Real Madrid does."

The "Chollo" praised his colleague in the royal team, Italian Carlo Ancelotti, stressing that the greatest credit goes to him for the great work that the team provides under his leadership.

In this regard, he said: "A great work is being done by coach Carlo Ancelotti because he has succeeded in assembling a group of players who play very good football, and at the same time work defensively, as well as on the counter-attack."

He continued, "But despite all this, we had a presence in the match, and we always thought of not leaving the atmosphere despite being behind by two goals, which was strong considering what happened on the field. If you do not play intensely against Real, it is difficult to control the match."

Regarding the team's 8 points difference from the lead, he said: "We are used to competing for a match by match, and we try to give the maximum possible effort in each match in order to reap the largest number of points. Yes, we lost two consecutive matches at our stadium in La Liga (against Villarreal and today), maybe we didn't We deserved both losses, but in the end, we lost."