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发表于 2012-10-18 20:25:41
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18/ 10/ 12
Simeone: "Real Sociedad will be a tough match at a difficult ground"
"I like a team that knows it is going to face a great rival and remain competitive"
Diego Pablo Simeone appeared before the media after training on Wednesday. The Atletico coach spoke of the match against Real Sociedad's, the injuries to Juanfran and Arda Turan, who played for Spain against France at the Vicente Calderon.
The Argentine coach said of Arda Turan's injury that "we will have a look when he returns to work. They are international players and unfortunately it is our players that have come back injured but it happens. It's part of football."
On the Spain game where Juanfran played, Simeone said he found it "barbaric. He saved a goal five minutes before the final incident, he headed away when three players were arriving behind him. I remember that. The other can happen, it’s football. He made a mistake, lost a ball and that's football. Why not talk about the ball he saved?"
Regarding Sunday's game against the Real Sociedad, he was asked if this team has some similarities to last season, when Atletico Madrid won 0-4 at Anoeta in the first away win of the season. The technician said that "it is a team that plays well, especially at home. They are very vertical, with good set pieces, especially with Griezmann, Xabi Prieto, Vela, Agirretxe, big players. Illarramendi balances things very well in midfield with his defensive play. We will have to see if any of their injured players are back. We see it as a hard and difficult game in an difficult stadium against a side with great ability and personality against an opponent who is improving a lot at home."
On how the team is going to face this stage of the season, in which there will be no stoppages for international matches, he said that "we must see Arda when he comes and I think they are all good. We have not had any strange situation and that allows us to prepare for a lot of games, but we’re always on the same line, going game by game and trying to play every game in the best way."
Regarding Falcao, who has continued scoring goals for his country, Simeone had only words of praise. "Everything that happens to Radamel is because he’s looking for it. Everything that happens he wants and works for. Things are a consequence of what he is giving to football. Hopefully he can stay on this line and that it’s a credit to his character and the will. He is one of the best number 9s in the world, "he said.
About the decisive goal that his son Giovanni scored with Argentina U-20 he said, "It was a joy as a parent. I went to Argentina two days to see them. I surprised my kids because I didn’t tell them I was going, the smile was worth all the fatigue of the 12 hours flight. When he went on we were excited because he got his chance and when he scored the goal, obviously, joy for him. But first, as a parent, then as a coach and as a man of football. He's doing it right, he is small and has to grow, but he wants it and listens, for a young player that’s very...
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