Diego Pablo Simeone, Atlético de Madrid coach, valued the league title won by his team and assured that part of that success is due to the players who preceded the current ones.
“We started the season knowing that it was going to be complex, difficult with many obstacles. But equally for the other teams. We understood that from the beginning situations were developing from the transition from last season to this one, with the arrival of winning footballers. You were beginning to smell the possibility that we could do things well, “he said.
«This comes from a previous legacy that surely began with Gabi, with Filipe Luis, with Godín, with Diego Costa, with Miranda… these are people who began to mark the path of change. Thanks to that legacy, today when you get to the Atlético dressing room you are looking to win. Game by game, but you want to win ”, he assured during the presentation of the docuserie ‘Simeone, live game by game’, which can be seen on Amazon Prime Video.
He also explained how the days have been after the winding was achieved: “I am enjoying the first days. When the moment of being champion appears, you feel like a void. As the days go by, you see much better what we have just achieved ».
«It was very important, illustrative for society. In a very difficult year for everyone in the world, we have shown that, with work, with dignity, with management, with patience, with not giving in, with resisting, with the weapons that are needed for this moment of life … we feel represented with what happened to us, “he added.
The Argentine coach also wanted to highlight the evolution of the club in recent times: «I am very happy for a lot of people. The greatest emotion comes because all the work that has been developing behind is confirmed. We could lose because this is a game. Sometimes we have to lose, sometimes we have to win and there is no justice in football. We had to win ».
“But more than with the victory, I am left with the work that has been developing for years and that represents the great management of the club beyond the results obtained. The continuity of the work, managing to go from twenty-five years without being a champion to eighteen and then closer to seven. That is the path that we must not change. The only way is with passion, with talent, with creativity and above all with values ”, he added.
On the other hand, he detailed some of the contents of the docuseries focused on his figure: «I wanted to tell you a little about the path, which is what is most enjoyed in this work and it is extraordinary. In the documentary, many of the steps that led us to this moment are represented very well. You see not only the coach dressed in black but the person who grows, who seeks, who has dreams, hopes and who wants to win.
«I was always very reluctant, this is the first time I have done it. I understood that people have to see what is achieved, what is behind the success that is a Cup won. There is a lot of effort, a lot of people supporting, a lot of people who helped us get to this moment. It created a challenge for me and I love challenges. It created a challenge for me because if we had had to lose the story, it would be, but the story is much more beautiful winning, “he concluded. EFE. (JL).