Simeone: "We must keep the same humility and belief" | OneFootball

Simeone, who watched from the stands the Atlético de Madrid 5-1 Eintracht Frankfurt, analyzed the team's first victory in the Champions League.

AFFECTION FOR NUMBER 5

"We played a very good match, the boys managed the game very well from the start. We took an important victory in the Champions."

WHAT DOES THE FAN BASE TRANSMIT?

"It's historic, the Metropolitano, the Calderón... Our people are incredible, we say it, we feel it, and we need it. Hopefully, we continue to return this affection with the word compete, which is what our people want."

13 GOALS IN THREE MATCHES

"The goal gives you confidence, points, and the team has found the way to the goal in these matches. We are improving in some defensive situations, and offensively we are growing. We need to improve, we aspire to do so with humility, teamwork, and faith."

GRIEZMANN AND 200 GOALS

"I am grateful to Antoine and his time at Atlético de Madrid. Not to mention his 200 goals, which is crazy. A short winger who played on the left came, we invited him to exploit his characteristics and put him as a playmaker, he grew to the point of becoming a world champion there. He returned and was always a reference in everything, from his effort, work, what he generates to the group with his joy. Today the praise and the return of our people, absolute merit to what he gives us and will continue to give us because talent has no age."

WHAT HAS CHANGED?

"Beyond the goals, which is more or less forcefulness, we have identified game situations that we needed to correct, in defense and attack. We are improving quite a lot in defense situations that we need to continue improving and offensively we are evolving. We have footballers to compete well and that is our goal."

RASPADORI'S MATCH

"He played as a left interior, the characteristics of the opponent allowed us to include him from the start thinking that we would have more of the ball, join him with Julian and Griezmann in the absence of Alex, who has other characteristics. We gave the midfield legs with Conor and Pablo, and what is improving the defensive part allowed us to have a good first half to steer the match."

THE PATH HAS BEEN FOUND

"Since Villarreal the team has been evolving. We have to continue with the same humility, the same faith and involve those we need and are returning, like Alex, who today the coach took a long time to put in and then the ball did not go out, we could not see what he offers. We need him, like Almada, Cardoso..."

IMPROVEMENT AT SET PIECES

"There is a persistent search on our part because the set piece is an important foundation defensively and offensively. It has gone well in the last two matches and hopefully we continue to find situations with which we feel identified. In 2014 we scored many goals from set pieces. It's an extra weapon that we all look for, Barcelona is doing well this way."

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