Diego Pablo Simeone he spoke on the eve of the Copa del Rey match against Vic. The Atletico coach expressed a thought in memory of the victims of the flood that devastated some provinces of Spain: “First of all I want to offer my condolences to the Valencian people for the bad moment, for the very difficult moment they are going through , I would like to be as close to them as possible,” he said at the press conference.
Ballon d’Or to Rodri and not to Vinicius jr.: “I am very respectful of other people’s decisions. I am happy for Rodrigo, he is an incredible player, he left us with an excellent memory and he made a very good choice to go to Manchester City. We fought for him to stay but at City he achieved a lot of success, he improved and grew as a player. He gave a lot and I’m happy for him, he deserved it. I’m happy because I was a midfielder and it’s nice to recognize that job that often doesn’t come recognized”.
The moment: “We had an excellent game against Lille but in the first half we didn’t have a good game against Betis Sevilla. In the second we improved, now we hope to advance in the Copa del Rey, a competition that must give us confidence.”