Simeone: "We take it one match at a time, always looking to improve" | OneFootball

Simeone spoke after Nahuel Molina and was very clear about the current form of Atlético de Madrid, while keeping an eye on Inter Milan. A key UEFA Champions League match, with three very valuable points at stake.

HOW DO YOU SEE INTER?

"Inter is a team that plays very well, with personality, they have a clear attacking pattern, with an incredible squad... The other day's match against Milan, I was able to watch after our game in Getafe. They proposed throughout the match, had goal situations they couldn't finish, but they could have won the match, surely. Milan took their chance, defended as a unit, but Inter could have taken the match."

INTER IN CHAMPIONS

"In Champions, the numbers speak for themselves. We are playing against an Inter Milan that plays well, knows what they want, and we will have to take the match where we can hurt them."

A MATCH TO RECLAIM

"All matches are important, regardless of the opponent. We need to maintain a continuous line and it doesn't matter the opponent, but to show our value and growth. That's where we are. In that work, match by match, trying to improve, because we have to improve in situations we know."

IMPORTANCE OF THE FANS

"We need our people as always, they are key in this journey we have traveled at home. The fans are a major force, in terms of what the team has to deliver. We expect them strong, supporting us, being close to the team and us trying to give our best."

INTER, ONE OF THE GREATS IN EUROPE

"There are players repeating from the last match we played against them. Not all matches are the same, now there's another coach, who has changed some things from what Inter was doing before. These are things seen in the collective. I really like Inter's squad, they have substitutes, as seen against Milan, very important. We will have to be attentive to their value and enhance ours."

STATE OF OBLAK AND GIULIANO

"I haven't spoken with the doctor, but I'll get informed shortly and then it will be announced in the call-up."

DEMAND, IT HAS CHANGED

"I have always been a person who, when I have people superior to me asking for things, I always try to achieve those objectives. And I won't change. We will keep looking, if they ask for that, to get closer to what they need."

KOKE, A KEY MAN DESPITE HIS AGE

"Initially, I think that when the season starts, nobody knows the minutes they will play. That depends on each match. Koke is very important within the squad, and when he's well, even more so. We are managing his match loads very well and hopefully, he continues to maintain the level, because he is helping us a lot. In his need, it's to continue being in the same line he has been in these 700 matches."

DO YOU SEE YOURSELF COACHING INTER?

"I'm not sure, that doesn't depend on me. In my coaching career, I do imagine a stage at Inter."

WHAT HAS CHANGED FROM THE LAST INTER TO THIS ONE?

"It's hard to explain what is seen every day. We see it in isolated matches, to prepare for this Champions duel. To tell you what has improved, I won't say. They have changed things that you (the journalists) have seen in each match."

CONCERN ABOUT INTER'S POOR RESULTS?

"After a defeat like the derby, Inter leaves that match aside and will focus on the next one, in the Champions. They are in a very good position, reaching finals and with a very competitive team. They are one of the candidates to win Serie A and in Champions to prove themselves strong as they have so far."

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