Simeone: Sørloth played one of his best games for us | OneFootball

GREAT REACTION AND SUFFERING

"I think we approached the match with a lot of hard work. We found ourselves 1-0 down when we had already had a very clear chance with Sørloth and another with Molina. We were playing the match the way we wanted to, and even so, they had the chance to make it 2-0, but they weren't clinical. The team started to grow, we matched them man for man at every moment of the game, we took them out of the match they imagined playing and brought it to the game we wanted to play. For a large part of the match, it was played the way we wanted."

WHAT WAS THE TEAM MISSING AT THE START?

"There were some individual movements missing, which didn't benefit the collective. At halftime I congratulated them, I told them they were playing a great match, to keep going in the same way, and that when there were no more legs, we needed fresh people to keep pressing them and not let them think. We leave with great joy for the fantastic match the team played."

OUTSTANDING MATCH FROM SØRLOTH

"Impressive, one of the best matches I've seen from him with us, because of his consistency in the game, his way of bringing the ball out from the back, with direct play, he allowed us to press, he allowed us, together with Julián, to have a very dangerous duo in the final third. I congratulate the team, everyone, those who came on as well, because they played an extraordinary match."

JULIÁN – SØRLOTH UNDERSTANDING

"Today Julián returned, as many were asking, to being a difference-maker. He worked, he ran, he had incredible individual moments, like the pass to Barrios for the goal, incredible. The goal, being well positioned. Everyone, Barrios, Pubill, Hancko, Rugerri in the second half grew a lot, Molina got better and better... We played against a great team that had just beaten Liverpool, Napoli... They play well."

DID YOU FEEL RELIEF?

"No, not relief. I'm happy for the team because they've been playing well. There are two ways to play. One is doing things well, and no one can guarantee you'll win. And the other is doing things badly, which almost certainly guarantees you'll lose."

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