Simeone: “We All Needed Julian's Goal”

Diego Simeonecoach of the Atletico Madridspoke to the media after his team’s victory against the Valencia in the Metropolitan Civics.

Gallagher

“A hard-working player, with quality, with good arrival, who recovers balls, who never stops giving his best in every game situation, sometimes doing better and sometimes not. He has come with enthusiasm, we need that type of footballer in the midfield because it makes us better.”.

Four games without conceding

“I watch a lot of football, almost every game. You see that apart from City or Barcelona, ​​few teams press with a high line and defend in that position. 80 or 90% of them take cover, try to gather quality players with the ability to get the ball out and have space. Each team, in their own way, looks for what suits them best depending on the players they have.”.

Julian Alvarez

“The way his teammates and the people in the stadium celebrated speaks for itself of the importance of the goal. We all needed him to score a goal so that he can feel calmer. Hopefully it will be the first of many.”.

“I’m not in Julian’s league, I wasn’t a striker but he lives off of goals, off of the enthusiasm of creating these situations. He appeared at the least expected moment, at the end, in a play that was fading away. He was where he needed to be, he made the most of it and we hope he continues to grow.”.

The match

“In the first half, we were able to deal with the possibility of a counterattack by the four players up front. We controlled the game with patience, calmness, talent in passages, taking control of the game. Goal-scoring opportunities appeared. The play that broke the game appeared and in the second half we went from more to less, adapting to what the game demanded.”.

What you like the most

“All the players who have come off the bench are responding very well and that gives us the opportunity to compete. It is the greatest strength we can have. We can get the players who are waiting, as they showed in Bilbao. Today, against Girona… We work as a team.”.

Julian, Griezmann and Sorloth will not play together much. Is it planned for Antoine to rotate?

“Antoine did not play against Espanyol, he came on in the second half. We have already been through the situation of Griezmann resting.”.

He understands some criticism of De Paul, he is asked for more than others

“I think it’s very good, that’s why I put it from the beginning. You have to demand a world champion, it’s normal.”.

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