Laliga: Diego Simeone taking that game after the game as the challenge of Atletico’s title
Atletico Madrid can do nothing more than take things-play games in the season’s home stretch, hoping to reach Laliga Barcelona and Real Madrid leaders who are both fighting for the title, said manager Diego Simeone on Friday.
Athletic They were in the race for the title this season and even topped the rankings in half, but Simeone’s team has fallen off the last few weeks to sit in third place.
They are 10 adrift points of Barricie and six after second place Madrid true with five matches left. Visit next athletico located in the 17th place of Eduardo Coudet Deportivo Alaves Saturday.
“We have to finish the game-play game in the best way. Barcelona and Real Madrid are in an important position to compete with each other and have a direct duel. We will do our things,” Simeone told reporters.
“We have to think about the improvement. Alaves have done very well in recent days, with a good pace of play, a coach with clear ideas, as in all his teams,” he told his Argentine friend.
When asked where Atletico fell this season, Simeone said they should have won “nine or 10 points” in games away.
While the athlete has only lost home this season, they have suffered four losses and five draws on the road.
After a barren running at the beginning of the year, Alaves won three and withdrew two of their last seven games to climb from the fall area.
A physical team under the Coudet, who took over Luis Garcia in December, Alaves are two pure points Las palmas On 18 – the place of final rest.
“They are a bold side of the ala they need,” Simeone added. “We too have them and we want to get the game where we think we can do some damage.”
With the soon -set transfer window, Villar Playmaker Alex Baena has been linked to a transfer to Atletico but Simeone laughed when he asked for his verdict for the player.
“You’re getting me for a fool … if I answer that he plays spectacularly, that I love him, that he is important for the national team, you will say,” El Cholo (Simeone) wants it, “he said.
“If I say he plays badly, you will say,” El Cholo doesn’t like it. “He’s a great footballer, obviously!”