Diego Pablo Simeone, coach of Atlético, faces the Super Cup semi-final against Real Madrid as an individualized match. He has once again reaffirmed the “match by match” philosophy in the run-up to the duel. He returns to the conservative mode that has given him such good results. “The League is a longer competition and this one is shorter. What will happen tomorrow It won’t have anything to do with the Copa del Rey either.. We are going to face a great rival that excites us. It generates high expectations for us,” he said.
Saudi Arabia opens up to the world through football: “They are aware that they have pending duties”
“In the Super Cup, Real Madrid will have other players”
Atlético has a great example to follow with the 3-1 in the League, the only stain on Real Madrid’s pristine record. Although ‘Cholo’ does not want to live in the past, aware that the current reality is different from that of last September 24. “There were different footballers. In the Super Cup There will be Real Madrid players who may participate who were not in that match. It was another moment. We are going to play it the way we believe at this point in the season,” defended the Argentine coach.
The red and white team visits Saudi Arabia, the country that snatched Yannick Carrasco from them in the final stretch of the summer market. Simeone fears this will happen again. “The other day I commented that the possibility was not open, but we have important footballers who can be seduced by what is being created in Saudi Arabia. If it happens, I only hope it is the best, as always, for the club and the footballers” , he insisted.
The Belgian’s loss opened a healthy competition between Samu Lino and Rodrigo Riquelme that enriched the philosophy of Atlético’s wingers. Simeone, like all the participants in this Super Cup, closed ranks with the tournament being held in the Middle Eastern state. “In all these years we have come to play here and they have received us with enthusiasm. “We are here to play because it has been decided that way,” he explained.
“De Paul is an extraordinary player like few others”
Simeone was also questioned about the evolution of Rodrigo de Paul, who appeared with him. “He is an extraordinary player like few others. He has a hierarchy and personality that positions him. He demonstrates all this with facts, because otherwise he would not grow.. He has more weight and has reflected it in the last games. So we will need more of him. More of that player we signed for Udinese,” he analyzed.
Because that did not want to enter into the debate on the economic distribution of the participants, an issue that was raised at the press conference. “Surely it is better for Miguel Ángel (Gil Marín) or Enrique (Cerezo) to respond. I have to focus on the game. Nobody is going to care tomorrow what these numbers are like. They only care if we win or lose. “I focus on my place and what I have to do, trying to do it in the best way I can,” he concluded with the contained tension that characterizes him before this type of match.
2024-01-09 17:40:47
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