“I change absolutely nothing of what I said on Sunday,” he said this afternoon. Diego Pablo Simeone in the press conference prior to the match on the second day of the group stage against Benfica. «Say a opinion that they distorted and took where they wanted»added Cholo, who made it clear that «I reject violence, I reject the aggressors and I believe that “The club has a great opportunity to show outwards what needs to be done.”in clear reference to the Atlético Front. “We are going at 200 million revolutions and I limited myself to giving my opinion, if you don’t like it, ask a refrigerator.”
«The club already has someone involved and We have to get them out because we don’t need those people», stressed the Argentine coach, who admitted that these last few days «have not been easy», although he made it clear that «I am just a coach. “Let the people who are in charge of this resolve it in the best way.” «My absolute rejection of the radicals, but I open the debate of sanctioning the player who provokes», he said to close the matter and after revealing that «I received many messages telling me that the person who caused all this must be punished.»
Simeone went on to talk about Benfica, “because the other is a field that for me is already finished,” and said about his rival tomorrow that “he is great, with very important players, and We will try to compete as we have been doing, although we had little time and in fact we are still in the recovery phase.
El Cholo admitted that Griezmann’s decision to leave the national team “will allow him to have more rest”, and praised the step that the Frenchman has taken, “which he steps aside after having given everything to his country». Finally, the Portuguese press asked him about his relationship with Joao Felixof which he said that “each of us from our place tried to give the maximum we could.”
For its part, English Conor Gallagherwho also participated in the press conference, tiptoed over last Sunday’s match, about which he said that “Real Madrid is a top team. We played a great game, “We could have done better, but the point was good for us.”. Regarding his relationship with Simeone, he admitted that “it is lucky to be part of the team. I hope to continue like this.”
