Simeone: Sometimes we're more clinical and take all three points | OneFootball

The manager of Atlético de Madrid, Diego Pablo Simeone, after the hard-fought win against Osasuna, analyzed the victory in his 750th match on the rojiblanco bench.

OBLAK

“He’s a magnificent goalkeeper, he plays for Atlético, he’s been with us a long time. It doesn’t surprise me; I’m happy for him because they didn’t score on us in 90 minutes.”

MATCH ANALYSIS

“The team got the game on track well with Baena’s goal, then it was a bit more hard-fought. Griezmann had two, another from Julián. In the second half, the team took risks to win the game and they could have equalized. It’s a game we needed to win, and we won it because of the whole atmosphere around the match.”

LOW EFFICIENCY

“Other times we’re more clinical; today we were in goal with the saves Oblak made, and with that we took the three points.”

ONE-NIL-ISM

“The team knew how to suffer in the final stretch. They put a lot of tall players in the box; we controlled the area well, but not the crosses from distance, which forced us to make an extra effort. We have to improve that. It was a strange atmosphere in the match; we managed to get it over the line thanks to the players’ effort.”

BAENA’S GOAL

“There are things you can’t understand. There are three people watching it and they decided the opposite of what we all thought.”

DEFENSIVE TEAM

“I don’t think possession has significant value; if it’s not to attack, it makes no sense no matter if you have 80% possession. Others are more direct, more associative—those are the best teams. If you don’t shoot on goal, possession makes no sense. The ones I like are those with verticality, depth, speed. The goal we scored speaks for itself in this regard.”

MIAMI MATCH

“It’s hard to interpret. Villarreal normally plays at La Cerámica, Barcelona plays in Miami, they have to travel 200 hours… Villarreal won’t be playing with their people. It’s difficult; we have to respect that.”

GIMÉNEZ

“When he’s there, he’s the best center-back we have. Tough, strong, hard to get past. He came back today and risked his head on the last play. We’re happy for him; we have to help him so he can keep helping us.”

This article was translated into English by Artificial Intelligence. You can read the original version in 🇪🇸 here.