Simeone: 38 points isn’t enough for our ambitions | OneFootball

DEMAND ON JULIÁN

"What a player he is. To demand what is being demanded of him, it's because he has given us a lot and now we can't see what he has given us. The demand is there."

WHAT'S HAPPENING TO HIM?

"He knows it, these are processes. There are players who go through moments like the one Julián is experiencing, but it's not that he doesn't run, doesn't have predisposition, will... Everything they're talking about is that he did very well since he arrived."

REASON FOR THE CHANGES

"Ruggeri had a yellow card and was at risk, in the duels with Kubo, of receiving a second yellow. Barrios felt discomfort in the soleus and the doctor will inform better. That's why the two changes at halftime. Then, what was seen. I thought we needed Griezmann, who had been training great, scoring four goals in the last games, leaving him on the bench was not easy. He had a goal situation and assisted Conor in which we could have scored. And then Raspadori was to give him time. You run the risk, with so much time, but if they come in for 10 minutes, it's hard to show something and you don't have time... It's hard to demonstrate something, with more time, you can change something."

HOW DID YOU SEE THE TEAM?

"I saw the team that, if we had been more concrete inside the area, we could have masked the discomfort we have after the draw. We had important situations, Conor's was very clear, Antoine's very clear... The lack of decisiveness... Football is beautiful for everything, but the reality is inside the area. Either you score or they can score against you."

NOW, TO REDEEM AGAINST MADRID

"No, I'm not thinking about that yet. La Liga was very important for us, to keep adding more points. We couldn't win, we drew and we keep adding. 38 (points) is little, for the most important goal, to reach the end having options. It's what we achieved and we will have to demand ourselves in the second half, because it's clear that with 38 more points it only reaches, perhaps, to enter the Champions League."

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