FNX Magokiler Posted December 24, 2023 Posted December 24, 2023 Atlético de Madrid closed 2023 with a smile thanks to the tight 1-0 victory against Sevilla at the Cívitas Metropolitano Stadium in a match pending on date 4 in the Spanish League. Colchonero strengthens its position in qualifying for the 2024/25 Champions League, tied Barcelona in third place and, upon returning to activity, will face Girona with the hope of shortening the distance with one of the championship leaders. After the match, Diego Simeone sat down at a press conference to talk about what the victory left at home, although he could not hide his surprise when faced with a question asked by a journalist from the newspaper Marca: “What is the situation now?” Atlético... They are in no man's land, I don't know if they can fight above or if they look to the sides... " Cholo raised his eyebrows, showing his astonishment, and interrupted the sentence: “Like no man's land?” Immediately, he laughed and hung his head as if he couldn't believe what he had heard. There, the reporter commented that it was not known if the Rojiblanco was there to fight for the title or for the tickets to the Champions League and the coach responded: “I think you have known us for a long time. We have only one path: go game by game and we won't get out of it. Obviously, we always look for the best. We have to continue working in the same way and improve.” “The team is growing in some things, it continually seeks to be a protagonist, in the first half we wanted to control the game. We couldn't get in at the end of the play because they were very closed. We had some with (Álvaro) Morata, (Samuel) Lino and (Nahuel) Molina, but the team is doing well in that process. We need to defend better, it is the step ahead of us and we will work there,” he concluded. On the other hand, Simeone had an unexpected encounter with Antoine Griezmann in the middle of the field. The expulsion of Çağlar Söyüncü four minutes after coming on from the bench disrupted the coach's plans, who was forced to get involved in the offensive to reinforce the defense and the attacker left the field in annoyance. When the coach tried to greet him, the Frenchman did not shake his hand and kicked a bottle on the bench, according to the COPE radio station. It is worth noting that the forward was left with the desire to score his 174th goal with this shirt to surpass Luis Aragonés (173) as the all-time top scorer in the Madrid team. His departure forced us to postpone that goal until further notice. Beyond the fact that they did not ask him about Griezmann, Simeone assumed responsibility for the red card to Söyüncü at the request of the VAR for hitting Lucas Ocampos: “I feel responsible for what happened to him. He is very tall, very strong and always intends to anticipate and we did not give him the rhythm he needs. That's why part of the expulsion is ours for not giving him the minutes he needs to have that timing that you only have by playing." Finally, he made an assessment of 2023 with a view to 2024 with the goal set on the Champions League round of 16 tie against Inter Milan: “It is going to be a very good year, with 50 games of which we have only lost eight, we have won 34 and I think we have scored 104 goals. It was a very good annual year from December to December, now we have the second part of the season left.” https://www.infobae.com/deportes/2023/12/23/como-tierra-de-nadie-la-pregunta-de-un-periodista-que-descoloco-al-cholo-simeone/
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