Simeone: "I see real quality here" | OneFootball

Simeone, after Atlético de Madrid’s victory, analyzed the team’s good moment and the importance of the three points against Sevilla.

OPINION ON GIULIANO SIMEONE

“I don’t know if he is what I expected, but he is what he is striving for. He’s a footballer who is growing, who has humility… He has to stay on that path to become the player he wants to be. He has an important physical condition that allows him to repeat his efforts. He has earned his place in the team and has a relationship with the group that I value the most. I try to separate the feelings of father and son from those of coach and player.”

RELATIONSHIP WITH ALMEYDA

“There’s an affection that doesn’t require seeing each other every day to understand it. We spent a lot of time together in the national team. When I started my coaching career, I sat down with him to ask him to be my assistant. At that time, he told me he wasn’t ready, that he needed time… Now he’s at Sevilla and Sevilla plays the way Almeyda was as a footballer.”

ANALYSIS OF THE VICTORY

“When the first half ended, we had that frustration of not having scored. Frustration appears. We needed to be patient. They had to go from more to less and we from less to more. The penalty favored us and the substitutions gave us new energy, another step… We played an important second half.”

ROOM FOR IMPROVEMENT

“We need to improve. The search is to continue improving with humility.”

WHAT ARE YOUR FEELINGS?

“I see that there is quality. I see that there are many guys who deserve to play and are not able to get those minutes. Those who are playing are competing well. There are many matches left until the end, if we manage to keep this group together until the end, we’ll come out ahead.”

WHAT ARE YOUR LONG-TERM EXPECTATIONS FOR THE TEAM?

“I don’t look that far ahead. I look to Tuesday. I’m very happy with Matteo’s match, Hancko’s match as a center-back, Baena’s match in that position… We’re going to keep trying to get the best out of these guys, who are very good.”

SØRLOTH’S MATCH

“He’s a very important player. He’s different from the other footballers we have in that position and we need him whenever he’s called upon. He has qualities that we don’t have in other players and we need him.”

WHAT DOES BAENA BRING TO THE TEAM?

“I loved it. He worked very hard defensively. It’s clear that closer to the goal he has something more than the others. He gives us alternatives.”

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