Diego Simeone commented on Atletico Madrid’s draw against Real Sociedad: “It wasn’t a performance far from that of Bilbao. There we won 0-1 and here we drew. The team found the goal, defended very well with a huge collective work against a team that works very well and generates many scoring opportunities. We managed to avoid them creating many but what we missed was exploiting all those spaces on the counterattack. It’s also thanks to the rival defensive point of view. We have to improve in transitions and we have to work.”
Last year the lack of concentration paid a huge price.
“I don’t think it was a lack of concentration, we conceded a great goal from 35 metres. There was a lost ball but they hit us from almost 40 metres. We need to improve all the little details, but we have to congratulate him for the good goals”.
Do you always stay positive?
“I see the team as very strong defensively, organised, everyone does what is required in the match. Too many draws? The numbers are good, we are working well. The leaders of this championship have won eight out of nine matches, the second is four points behind distance and we work as always to have consistency.”