Diego Pablo Simeone spoke to the media in the Camp Nou press room, where Atlético is playing the first leg of the Champions League quarterfinals.
Is Griezmann the best player you have coached?: “I am grateful. He was a winger who only ran on the wing. We started talking about how he could play inside… He has brutal physical condition. I consider him to be one of the best footballers I have ever coached.”
I consider that Griezmann is one of the best footballers I have trained
Motivational talk: “We have spoken many times. I am his coach and he has always returned that affection. He told me what he felt, I understood it… already because of the game”
Important rival. We know your capacity. That they have only lost one game out of 23. We are here to compete, to take the opponent where we can hurt them.
Where to hurt him
I hope that tomorrow at 9 o’clock we can show it and that you can see it.
The team attacks better than it defends
“When all teams attack better, they defend worse. Barcelona is one of them. They have the capacity to score a lot of goals and that favors their way of playing. We are in that process of attacking better than we defend”
We are in that process of attacking better than we defend
Warning players
I am not aware of the warnings
What’s in front of you
We know what we are going to face. We need to move forward and it doesn’t matter who is in front
Anthony
The thing about Antoine occurred to me six hours ago. It was an opportunity to leave the coach and have the person appear
Oblak
He is working well, but he still has Juan left and will play. We hope to have a good time for Seville.
Win the Champions League
I only think about Barcelona
