Simeone: Hopefully the team will show unity on the pitch, we need the support of the fans

Tiger Poker January 21 news At 4:00 a.m. Beijing time on January 23, the 22nd round of La Liga, Atletico Madrid sat at the Wanda Metropolitano Stadium to meet Valencia. Atletico head coach Simeone attended the press conference before the game.

When Atletico lose, the focus of discussion is always on you, and how do you feel about Atletico's poor record over this period of time:

I feel good and still have a lot of expectations, like I just came to Atletico. The only thing I think about is the positives, everyone is not focusing on the different points, I'm focused on where the team has been going in the league lately, it's not that bad, we won Against Rayo Vallecano, we drew with Villarreal. Hopefully, we will continue this performance and then continue to work on this situation.

The past can no longer be repaired, and we can only unite to change the future. I ask for your support for the team, the team needs everyone, and I have no doubt that the fans will respond tomorrow, as I asked them six or seven months ago, 90% of the players who will play tomorrow will eventually help the team win the league championship. Tomorrow we need the support of the fans.

What is the current state of the team's dressing room? What do you think the fans are now after these months with an attitude:

The fans support the team and want the team to win, and I have no doubt that since I arrived at the team, I have always emphasized the idea of "coming one game at a time", and everyone thinks so. The only thing that matters is tomorrow's game.

As for the players, we want to be able to show the unity of our dressing room and the determination to get out of the way, we can only go on the field and do it, there is no other way, because only through practical actions can we convey these things.

In the last 10 games, you have not been able to sacrifice the main centre-back combination of Savage Gimenez, and the team has suffered 6 draws and 1 defeat, with only 3 wins. Will Savage be on the pitch tomorrow? How important is this for changes in the team's posture:

Tomorrow Savage will return to the big list. We also have Gimenez, Felipe and Hermoso, all of whom play very well. What we believe in is the whole collective, we don't talk about individual players in individual positions, we always think that the team is above the individual. When the team performs well, everything will be fine.

You just mentioned the league title six or seven months ago, when you said that it was time for "Suarez", so can you expect an explosion from any player now? From the players to the coaching staff to the management, who will be the key:

unite. There is no doubt that our strength is based on unity. The team, the management and the fans... Only then will everything be good. We must be calm and not in a hurry, because you can't be in a hurry. What we need is to be more determined and more stable, to show it on the field. Our opponents are strong and we will try to move the game in the direction we want.

The bus of the Real Sociedad team was besieged by fans on the sidelines, and the security measures were not enough, and the Basque regional government also announced that it would investigate. And just a few days ago, there was another fan attack on players in the Sevilla derby, and the previous clash between Mallorca and Espanyol fans, how do you feel about these things, do you think it is a social problem or a fan problem?

I think you've said it very well, in today's society, when everyone has gone through so many things together, they tend to use football as a way for them to vent. And there is no doubt that when there is a big match like Real Sociedad vs Atletico or Betis vs Sevilla, this kind of thing happens that is not common in Spain.

What happened outside the home of the Royal Society is not very representative, and I will not add to it, because it has nothing to do with our defeat.

The team's lows seem to have started with the last time they played Valencia, when the team's 3-1 lead was equalized, and you noticed where the team's low tide began to get worse:

We've got some really important players injured and are going to be on a long sideline, and obviously the kind of stability we've been looking for can't be guaranteed because of all sorts of situations. We have played well in the league after entering the new year and hope to continue this trend.

In the previous 2020-21 victory documentary, you and the coaching staff said that you had a hunch that the team "something big is going to happen this season", and did you have any special feelings about this season?

This question has to be asked at the beginning of the season, and you are not asking this now (laughs). I still don't want to fall into this trap.

You stressed the importance of unity, which Suarez said after the previous game, do you think the whole club is fully aware of this:

There is no doubt that unity always makes the team stronger, because since I came to the team 10 years ago, we have experienced both good and bad, and now we have not experienced this situation, and life is the same, which requires us to constantly fight. What you did yesterday is not important, what matters is what you do today. I like it a lot.

Is Suarez on your plan tomorrow:

He'll be there tomorrow.

Harvey Serrano played well in the first-team games, is he ready for promotion to the first team:

If he continues this performance, he will be closer and closer to being promoted to the first team. He's still in the learning phase and there are many aspects that we really like. The team obviously needs players with this characteristic of him, but they can't pull up the seedlings. But he does have some shining points that we need.

Suarez's contract is about to expire, are you in favor of renewing his contract:

Set me up again. We've been through this situation before in Torres, and I'm not going to get involved in that discussion. I've talked to Suarez, I've talked to clubs, I've talked to everyone who should talk. They know what I think and what I care about most is the match against Valencia.