Simeone: Sometimes we're more clinical, that's how we took all three points | OneFootball

Atlético de Madrid coach 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 tremendous goalkeeper, he plays for Atlético, he’s been with us a long time. I’m not surprised; I’m happy for him because they didn’t score against us in 90 minutes.”

MATCH ANALYSIS

“The team started the game well with Baena’s goal, then it became 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 was a game we needed to win, and we did because of the whole atmosphere around the match.”

LOW EFFICIENCY

“Other times we’re more clinical; today we were in goal thanks to Oblak’s saves, 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 deep, which forced us to make an extra effort. We need to improve that. Strange atmosphere in the game; we managed to pull through thanks to the players’ effort.”

BAENA’S GOAL

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

DEFENSIVE TEAM

“I don’t think possession is significant if it’s not to attack; it makes no sense even if you have 80% of the ball. 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 that 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 play with their own fans. It’s difficult; it must be respected.”

GIMÉNEZ

“When he’s there, he’s the best center-back we have. Tough, strong, hard to beat. He came back today and put his head on the line in the last play. We’re happy for him; we have to help him so he keeps helping us.”

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