Atletico Madrid football players will play a rematch of the quarterfinals against City on Wednesday, and the coach of the Spanish team, Diego Simeone, said that his team will not deviate from its well-known game, despite numerous criticisms.
The fact that Atletico Madrid looked helpless in the first match of the quarterfinals of the Champions League against Manchester City is sufficiently shown by the fact that they did not even record a single shot towards the goal of the “Citizens” in the 1-0 defeat. Chola Simeone’s team was able to catch the opponent asleep and achieve the result without fluttering the game, but at the “Etihad” she was really easy prey for Guardiola’s team.
– We are playing against a team that plays top football. They have a good rhythm, they are great in transition, and they know how to use space in the best way. We will not deviate too much from what we normally do. I hope that we will better combine, use the space for counterattack and that our attackers will have a fantastic night – said Simeone.
Manchester City football coach Pep Guardiola said that he has never seen a formation like the one in which Atletico played against them in the first match.
– I think they played in a 5-5-0 formation. Two lines of five players each. From prehistory, until today and in a hundred thousand years, it is very difficult to attack such a team – said Guardiola.
On the other hand, Simeone had only words of praise for the City.
– They play in the same way regardless of when they play against. They have great football players and a great coach, so I don’t think it will be any different in the return match. Pressing, fast transition, and what we can do will be the only important thing for us – Simeone said.
