After losing 1-0 to Manchester City last week, Atlético Madrid will meet the English champions in the return game on Wednesday night.
Thomas Lemar (26) of France spoke to AFP about Diego Simeone’s infamous defensive tactics ahead of the match in the Spanish city. The 26-year-old explained, “I have nothing to say to [critics].” “Take a look at the numbers since the coach got here.” It isn’t the most attractive thing to look at, but it gets the job done. What matters is that Atlético Madrid wins.”
Simeone is currently widely regarded as the game’s best defensive coach, a master of how to play without the ball. Atletico Madrid has risen from mediocrity to become one of Europe’s premier clubs thanks to these strategies.
The club has won two league crowns, two Europa Leagues, and two UEFA Supercups since Diego Simeone’s arrival in 2011.
Lemar also stated, “We’re not going to lie we’ve been known to scare ourselves on occasion.” Even if we know we may change the match’s order at any time, we’d like not to be scared in certain games. And there’s been quite a few. It was frustrating to allow the goal against City, but you have to score if you want to advance. We saw some openings to get to them, so we’re going all out in this second leg. Let’s hope it all works out.”
