Diego Pablo Simeone appeared in the press room to analyze the news of the match between Atlético and Barcelona this Sunday (9:00 p.m.) in Barcelona. The Argentine began by warning that “We will try to take the game where we can hurt him. I hope for a nice game. “We are facing a team that has good players and is very well managed by its coach because he has very clear ideas about the team he has.”
Big match”
Cholo avoided talking about style, “although I understand that they value what they think they see to try to explain it. But the numbers are just numbers,” and he also did not want to refer to Joao Félix, hiding behind the fact that “I’m not talking about the boys who are not on our team.” “. Asked about the criticism of Barça’s game in recent days, he declared that “you would have to be in the rival’s locker room to see if they are happy or not. The match is also very important for them, but we will try to continue the line we were showing. For us it is an important game, as will be the game in Almería next week. “It is a rival that will fight until the end to win the League because its history demands it.”
The athletic coach referred to the distance between his team and Barça and Real Madrid: “Barcelona and Real Madrid always start with more options to win, but in recent times we have closed that gap that was enormous before.“. He praised the one who will be his rival tomorrow, of whom he said: “Barça has great offensive records, very good second line breaks. “When the play is free for its centre-backs and midfielders, it is a team that breaks very well due to the quality of its players.”
Finally, he referred to Pablo Barrios, injured in the meniscus: “He will be recovered after the Christmas break and we can recover him in the best way. I love him because he has game, association, arrival, he is intense, he is aggressive… He is involved in what needs to be improved and we look forward to seeing him when he returns. And he did not clear up the question of whether he will play Lino or Riquelme on the left: “Lino and Riquelme can play together. They are both fine, They are young, they have intensity, they have offensive aggressiveness. Lino has an associative game and Riquelme has a long run with a lot of strength. In defense they are both improving.”
2023-12-02 12:35:59
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