“I want to wall off the place where I am and nothing, goodbye.” Simeone broke live in front of the microphones of DAZN after the match against Alavés and had to interrupt the interview when he became emotional, leaving the journalists of the television channel with the microphone in hand. For Cholo it was a very special day in which he celebrated his 700th match for Atlético and in which he also added his 300th victory in La Liga.
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Simeone later said, now calmer, at the official press conference that “a lot of things go through your mind, there are 700 games, I never imagined it, I am an absolutely lucky person in everything. I am grateful to my coaching team, to the footballers who allowed me to transmit my idea and Without forgetting Michelangelo and Enrique for supporting me at this time and for our people, who have shown me the greatest respect since I arrived here as a player and, of course, thanks to my family, from whom I have taken many minutes.
The coach also revealed that last night had a private conversation with Alexander Sorlothauthor of the winning goal: “We spoke very openly, clearly explaining what we expected from him and how important he is for our team, and as luck would have it, today he is doing it for us.”
Finally, about the match, he indicated that “the first half started with a penalty for them, which made it difficult for us to progress in the match because the rival moved away, started to organize and the spaces became shorter in the second half, we put more heat on. The boys who entered did very well, they gave him more speed and dizziness “For this last stretch, more weight in the zone.” “The move came Lenglet it could have been a goal, that of Giuliano that the goalkeeper removed with the tip of his foot, from crosses which were already starting to create dangerous situations. “The penalty came and the great goal from Sorloth,” he finished to sum up the final result.
