Alongside Diego Simeone in the press conference on the eve of the stellar Champions League match against Paris Saint Germain at the Parc des Princes, Rodrigo de Paul answered the questions of the journalists present, starting from the contrasting support in recent times from the fans ofAtletico Madrid towards him. Between whistles and standing ovations: “It’s always nice for people to express themselves and that’s fine. They have every right to demand and I try to give my best. Let’s hope that all the matches are like the one the other day (against Las Palmas, ed.), because that would mean that work pays.”
On how he handles booing: “I understand it perfectly, it’s fine for them to demand from everyone and from me, it means that I too can give much more and that’s welcome, because in this way we all grow and can give them joy. People probably demand because they believe that I can give much more. It’s important to self-criticize and this is something that makes us all better.”
What demands and pressures are reserved for Atletico: “I understand the needs of this club, it is very big and means that in every match we have to try to win.”
An opinion on the escalation of Pablo Barrios: “He’s a great player, we have a lot of confidence in him, but he shouldn’t take on too much responsibility, which is why we have more experienced players. He understands the shirt he wears because he grew up in the club, I really like that the club continues to launch These players will have a great career and we hope that we can make our contribution.”
An opinion on PSG ahead of tomorrow: “These matches are incredible, two of the best teams in the world are facing each other, we will try with our means to leave here happy, we know which teams we are facing and we believe that it will be a great show and that we will all be happy.”
A close on Griezmann: “We talked a lot and Antoine knows the qualities of this team, but everyone also knows the qualities of PSG.”