Atlético Madrid coach Diego Simeone wasn’t letting the frustration of a 3-3 draw with Membership Brugge get to him on Wednesday night time as he spoke to the press post-match.
“The Champions League calls for defensive and offensive power,” the coach mentioned. “In a tough stadium, we had a 0-2 and 2-3 lead, the opponent drew degree pretty.”
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Simeone insisted that he was leaving Belgium “with the peace of thoughts that the group gave it their all.”
“We are able to speak about no matter you need to discover any criticism you need to see, however we have been correct and there have been conditions that we may have dealt with higher in defence,” Simeone mentioned. “We lacked defensive power.”
Diego Simeone on dwelling benefit within the second leg
“Not simply on Tuesday (within the second leg). We should be with our followers on Saturday in La Liga (towards Espanyol). We’ve come off the again of a marathon of matches that took a whole lot of effort… We want the power we get at dwelling. What issues is successful.”
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Simeone on errors
“There’s all the time room for enchancment, in the whole lot. All of the groups that got here (to Jan Breydelstadion), besides Arsenal, competed nicely and managed to take the lead within the matches. We had the lead at 0-2, at 2-3… They play nicely, they’re a dynamic group, we knew we weren’t going to have a simple time of it. We made errors that allowed them to get to 3-3.”
Simeone on Marc Pubill
“The group’s efficiency was good general. Marc works nicely, we want gamers who make selections… I’m proud of that.”
Simeone on the way it was attainable to attain three and nonetheless not win
“As a result of the opposite group scored three objectives.”
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Simeone on the outcome
“It was the match we anticipated, towards probably the most intense opponent within the Champions League. A really younger group, gamers who work very nicely collectively, we knew it wasn’t going to be simple. We had a reasonably managed first half, the place we have been capable of rating two objectives, and there have been some counterattacks that we didn’t execute in the easiest way. Within the second half, they acquired into the sport, it wasn’t the identical anymore, we didn’t assault like we did earlier than. Even so, it was 2-2, we went 2-3 up, after which that final aim got here from a misinterpretation of easy methods to defend on our half, and so they took benefit of the chance.”
Simeone on Membership Brugge’s two objectives altering the plan
“The match is 90 minutes, not 45. We reacted nicely to their two objectives with the 2-3 and Sørloth’s earlier one-on-one. The group competed very nicely towards an opponent that’s not simple to beat right here. We knew that.”
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Simeone on whether or not Atleti may have gotten a greater outcome
“If it ends within the first half and we have a look at it that manner, sure. If we have a look at the context, the draw is truthful, we each had probabilities, we took benefit of them. The return leg is at dwelling and we hope for an excellent match.”
Simeone on must be improved
“The whole lot.”
