Two new points flew from the Metropolitan, this time against the penultimate, a Getafe that had just added five consecutive defeats. In ten home games in the League, the rojiblanco team has barely managed four victories, three draws and three defeats. At a press conference, Diego Pablo Simeone assured that it “hurts” him to be having so many problems at home and has sent a generic message, but aimed at the fans: “The truth is that we could all look at each other and start to push a little more strong so that at home you can see what Atlético de Madrid has always been ». The allusion to the fans is clear, taking into account the statements that the Argentine made yesterday, in his press conference prior to the game: «Those who are going to play against Atlético de Madrid think of that extraordinary stadium and of a hobby that there is in Spain. And we have to continue to demonstrate that. That’s what we ask for.”
Once again in the stadium a divided fans were seen, some who chant Cholo and others who respond by whistling, those who reproach that “the shield is not touched” and those who respond that what it is now is to cheer. All this in the midst of a new day of animation strike of the Athletic Front, the third so far this season, precisely because of the issue of the shield as the main reason argued.
Regarding football, Simeone has assured that he feels “happy” with the game displayed by his team: “We attacked, we looked for all the paths, the rival defended very well, we had options to generate play, to get closer to that area where that last pass, that center that ends up being decisive, could not be. But the search was there, we got ahead and we continued with the same intensity, we continued attacking.
When asked what is happening to the team at the Metropolitano, where they have only scored 15 points out of a possible 30, the Buenos Aires coach responded laconicly and gave no explanation: “Several things are happening to us at home.”
Your future is still up in the air
And in addition to the rarefied environment, Simeone has once again been questioned about his future, after yesterday in his press conference he recalled that he has one year left on his contract (without having been asked about it), for those who point out that if Atlético falls outside the top four, his contract would automatically expire.
«We always talk with Miguel Ángel, with Andrea and with Enrique every season. And it will not be the exception this time, if we come out third or if we come out sixth”, Cholo said, once again sowing the uncertainty about that clause, which exists, if the team does not qualify for the Champions League, for which the club could dispense with their services without compensation.
