Diego Simeone assumed with great naturalness and respect the defeat of Atlético de Madrid against FC Barcelona. "It's a fair defeat. Barcelona was more forceful than us," he said. The Atlético de Madrid coach added that his team "lacked centimeters of fortune" after losing 1-0.
"The team played a great game, the one we wanted to play. We had chances to score, but we weren't forceful," added the coach at a press conference, highlighting the chance that Antoine Griezmann had in the first minute of the game with a shot at crossbar. In addition, he lamented that "in the first transition" that Barcelona could find "they made a great goal."
Regarding the second half, the Atlético de Madrid coach pointed out that the Barça team could score "one more goal", but that the rojiblanco team also had other chances "to tie, like Griezmann's and Rodrigo de Paul's".
Asked if this lack of fortune in front of goal has kept Atlético Madrid from winning the league title during the season, Simeone replied that "forcefulness will make you champion, that's written".
Even so, the coach said he left "satisfied and happy with the team's work" and noted that "we must congratulate Barcelona, who deserve to win this championship because they have had a very good season in the League."
Simeone does not want to look further. For this reason, when asked about the possibility of Yannick Carrasco going to Barcelona next year, he pointed out that "I only think about Mallorca. In trying to play a good game. I'm just saying that I'm leaving with the peace of mind of seeing them play the way I wanted to" , sentenced.
Koke was the last-minute loss of Atlético de Madrid. "Axel (Witsel) has played a great game. Koke had some discomfort from yesterday and we didn't want to lose him for the next games," the coach reported.
