“I’m not changing absolutely anything about what I said on Sunday,” he said this afternoon. Diego Pablo Simeone during the press conference preceding the match on the second day of the group stage against Benfica. “Say a opinion that they distorted and took wherever they wanted” added Cholo, who clarified that “I reject violence, I reject the aggressors and I believe that “The club has a great opportunity to show the outside world what needs to be done.”in clear reference to Front Atlético. “We’re going to 200 million revolutions and I limited myself to giving my opinion, if you don’t like it, ask for a refrigerator.”
“The club already has someone who is involved and We need to get them out because we don’t need these people“, underlined the Argentine coach, who admitted that these last days “have not been easy”, while specifying that “I am only a coach. “Let’s put the people in charge to solve this problem in the best way possible.” “My absolute rejection of the radicals, but I open the debate on the sanction of the player who provokes“, he declared to close the case and after revealing that “I have received many messages telling me that the person who caused all this must be punished.”
Simeone then spoke about Benfica, “because the other one is a field that for me is already finished”, and said of his rival of tomorrow that “it is great, with very important players, and We will try to be competitive as we have been, although we have had little time and in fact we are still in the recovery phase.
El Cholo admitted that Griezmann’s decision to leave the national team “will allow him to have more rest”, and praised the measure taken by the Frenchman, “which he retires after having given everything to his country“. Finally, the Portuguese press questioned him about his relations with João Felixof which he said that “each of us, from our place, tried to give the maximum of what we could”.
For its part, English Conor Gallagherwho also took part in the press conference, tiptoed about last Sunday’s match, about which he said that “Real Madrid are a top team”. We played a great match, “We could have done better, but the point was good for us.”. Regarding his relationship with Simeone, he admitted that “it’s a chance to be part of the team. I hope to continue like this.”
