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·21 October 2025
Simeone: "It's not bad luck, we've made mistakes ourselves"

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·21 October 2025
WHAT EXPLANATION DO YOU FIND FOR THE RESULT?
«On the positive side, the positive was how the team competed until the first goal. After that, we could have defended better, they do it very well. The importance of set pieces in football, especially in these competitions, where any detail sets the path to take control. We could have committed a foul in the play of the second goal and it's not bad luck, they are mistakes we made. And from those mistakes, they were decisive and better, and in that 20-minute stretch, every chance they had to score, they scored. There was the action of Julián for the 0-1 in the first half. Also, the 0-1 with Julián hitting the crossbar… The team competed well, but this learning from the match, the decisiveness and the details in the phases of the games are crucial».
WHAT WERE YOU LOOKING FOR WITH SØRLOTH?
«Álex did a correct job of what we asked of him. He had to cover Zubimendi and, from there, look for runs in the spaces but we could develop them in little play, we lacked speed due to their pressure. Álex's work was very good. We didn't put him in thinking about set pieces, we were thinking about winning 1vs1 duels, creating situations inside the opponent's area… and that part didn't appear as much. But he, within what was asked of him, worked on what he had to work on».
IN THE HEAT OF THE MOMENT… WHAT HAPPENED?
«I already mentioned it, individual mistakes that become collective. You lose the mark on the first goal, you don't commit a foul at the start of the play for the second, on the third goal we don't tackle hard and it ends up being a goal, after a rebound… And well, these are the small details that can decide a match».
BEYOND THE RESULT, IT'S A WAY TO PROGRESS
«It has nothing to do with Lisbon, we didn't play, we weren't in the game. We were at the mercy of Benfica, they could have scored six goals. Today there was a game plan, they are better and we competed until we could. We have to congratulate them, accept it and when you accept it, it helps us to learn and keep growing as we are doing».
HOW CAN THE MISTAKES BE IMPROVED?
«It's football from all times, it's not something you work on, it's something you have within you. When we can solve situations collectively, yes, we work on it collectively. But the individual is more difficult. From there, the collective has to cover the individual».
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