The coach of Atlético de Madrid, Diego Pablo Simeone., spoke at a press conference after his team’s defeat against Inter Milan in the first leg of the Champions League round of 16. The Argentine stressed that mistakes can happen in football, that “that is the wonderful thing” about the sport and that “you can prepare anything, but they are human.”
“We competed quite well, we were close to what we were looking for, to block Inter’s attack. We had some important situations, more so in the second half.. They take advantage of many of our losses to counterattack and create situations for us. This is the wonderful thing about football, you can prepare anything but you are human. Good and not so good things happen. “They took advantage of a mistake between Rodrigo and Reinildo in that divided ball that was left and they took advantage of it very well,” he commented.
“It’s clear that looking for a 1-1 score was important. We had them and we couldn’t specify them, especially that of Llorente, which was the clearest. The game was very close. They work very well on the counterattack. It’s all very difficult, like the Bilbao tie. We have to continue improving, winning duels, running with more intensity to improve, and from that onwards good things will surely come,” he stated.
Finally, he referred to the injuries of Giménez and Griezmann. “What happened to Josema, the doctor will explain it better. What happened to Antoine was a sprained ankle. The ankle is noble, as a doctor told me. No pasa nada. “We hope there is no sea grave.”
