Simeone He appeared before the media with logical sadness, but without the slightest reproach to his players.
Greater pain for having recovered from the two goals. “First, congratulate the opponent. We reacted well to the first goal, then we continued with a low pace. Then the break came, we talked and changed the pace playing the game that had to be played. We were able to score the third with Johnny or Baena. Then in the extra time we had one each, Julián’s stick and the one Musso takes. We competed very well, but unfortunately the penalties fell on their side. Congratulations.”
Message to the players after penalties. “There’s not much to talk about, just being close to them. They made an enormous effort, but the game was in the 90s, it was Johnny or Baena’s goal. But as we always say, they had that forcefulness and we didn’t.”
Drop in extra time. “You ask me the question on the basis that it is normal after having made the effort with Barcelona, but in extra time we did very well. Except for the first 20 minutes, the team gave everything.”
Cheer up. “Fans need to win, not messages.”
Lack of freshness. “I put it in relation to the fact that we didn’t enter the game well, but from the 15th minute we did have more tension and intensity. Then we fell again, not winning duels. Then in the second half we did.”
Champions. “I’m not thinking about Arsenal, today hurts me a lot, we needed to win, but we couldn’t. How we compete gives me a lot of peace of mind”
Lookman Change. “Because I understood that with Sorloth we were going to have more weight and that Julián could do what Lookman did. And then Baena, we have many players and I understood that I had to make that change.”
