Diego Pablo Simeone addressed the press after Atlético’s draw against Athletic. He indicated that João Félix will learn from his expulsion as it happened to him, although explaining that the referee’s sensitivity would be different if it were another player who had gestured to him.
João Félix faces a penalty.
I have not seen it. I have no doubt that he entered the game very well, he had a good rhythm, he had made a play where he left his hand behind, he was cautioned and he had entered the field as we want him and that is the good part for when he returns.
Why aren’t chances generated? Is it because of the state of form?
I would not look for excuses, it is football. It can happen and I trust the team and the players that we have and we are going to work so that these names do what they always did, which are goals.
They have 24 yellows and two reds in five games.
Yes, these numbers are a lot yellow. You also have to look for the sensitivity of the moment of the yellow, I do not think they are all, because you can speak with respect, education, look for what is happening and it is not yellow to ask or discuss a situation.
What would you say to João Félix?
I did a moment of the same episode and I was not in consequence of what the party asked for and I was understanding it with the passage of time. It is an episode that happens to any soccer player, the referee understood that he had to expel him, surely if the gesture is made by another soccer player he would not understand the same.
The end was whistled in a clear against Carrasco.
I understand that the corner had to be thrown because it is part of the action, the lowering of the head backwards had to be cut and the counterattack as well. If the regulation is like that, it had to have ended on the first header.
What do you get from the game?
I really liked the team, although we didn’t have as many chances. De Paul was growing, Lodi was improving, Kondogbia is settling down, although he suffered a blow, we were left with one less and the team did not resign. They are the steps to follow for what is coming. Today we face a team that is going to be the protagonist in the League, it has been showing it all season and the second half was very good until Llorente’s stick. Then they had the chance of Williams and I kept the best, the speed was increased, we defended very high against a fast team against the team and to continue working and improving.
What did you talk about during the game with Gil Manzano?
I told him to be calm, he told me that I can’t tell him to be calm because he is calm. Jesus is a great referee, last year we played games with him and the sensitivity according to the day generates occasions as seen.