Simeone: It's tough to win playing badly, it happens but not always | OneFootball

The coach of Atlético de Madrid, Diego Pablo Simeone, after another draw at the start of the season against Alavés, called for calm and assured that victories, just like goals, will come—that everything needs time.

LACK OF EFFECTIVENESS

“We are missing a goal that would open up the possibility for the team to grow from all the chances we had. They defended well, I think we did enough to win the match. We didn’t, we have two points. I trust the guys who have come in. We’re going to keep working, and with hard work, we’ll start picking up points.”

THINGS TO IMPROVE

“The team always comes first, and then the points will come. It’s very difficult to want to win while playing badly; sometimes it happens, but not always. In today’s match, they had the penalty situation. We need to shoot more, be more decisive… We have players to make this happen. We need time and patience.”

ONLY TWO POINTS

“It’s clear that the most important thing is the gap with whoever finishes first today, but if I start thinking about that, I forget about the team. If I think about that, I forget to work on picking up points. We have to improve defensively, but where we really need to improve is in the final third… We have to create better situations for the striker to provoke more chances like the header Sørloth had.”

START OF THE MATCHES

“It’s strange, it’s the hardest thing in LaLiga… We’ve had chances in every match to close it out. Against Espanyol, against Elche… We always go through this phase, hopefully it will be short and we can change it starting with the match against Villarreal.”

CURRENT SITUATION OF THE SQUAD

“The guys are working very well. We have to keep working the same way and wait for the players we have, who are important. They will end up producing everything they have. With confidence, with security… Security can’t be bought, it comes with work. With confidence and security, the results will come.”

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