When something starts bad it usually ends worse and the Athleticwhich started the game with the left foot, ended it with both out of the fight for the championship. The rojiblancos between lack of tension during the first act and precipitation and lack of daring in the second. The same arguments that have been diminishing the aspirations of Simeone in League In other games, they have buried them in the final stretch of the season.
«In the first half we had two important chances that we did not resolve with goal and in the second the game that we wanted it would come out. The changes did not enter the game as we wanted. The team could not respond as it usually does. It is part of the game. And then we know the fight of Kill He ended up getting a goal out of nowhere, ”Simeone explained after the game.
Atlético had to win and wait to be able to stay pulse in the fight for the league and was left without rhythm. «If we had any possibility of winning the league we had to make perfect numbers. Today we did not. A quite correct first time, but the goalkeeper did not allow us to go advantage. We control the setting of counterattack and the spaces. The game began bored in the second part, we could not generate what we imagined. The goal exemplifies our second part ».
The goal action reflected the lack of forcefulness of Le Normand and Giménez When the dispute of a divided ball. «The attitude has not bothered me, he played badly and we had no possibilities of associative play. We raised the game and made changes to find paths and it was not done. Today the changes have not gone well. It has not been lack of attitude, we have played badly, ”said the Argentine coach.
Atlético has lost defensive strength in the crucial section of the season. «There were two games. The first half was good level and with goal generation. If you play badly in the second half you have to seek to improve that part of the team. We always prepare with the same illusion, we will take care of it as we have been doing for 14 years. In this last section we have suffered more than at the beginning of the season. It is a very important game phase for us. We need people who interpret what we need well, ”Simeone concluded.
