The head coach of Atletico Madrid Diego Simeone gave a pre-match press conference ahead of the first Champions League quarter-final match against Barcelona, \u200b\u200bwhich will take place later this month. The Argentine captain shared tactical insights, personnel updates and gave advice to the leaders of his team.

Simeone will highlight the statistics of Barcelona - more than one defeat in 23 matches played. The prote coach of the mattresses sings that he knows the weak points of the Catalans:.

" Ale mi here, so that we can protect ourselves and tighten them in the zone, where we can harm them. We need to rush forward, and it doesn’t matter who stands on our path,” said the mentor.

Simeone also commented on the imbalance in both teams, clearly recognizing that both Atletico and Barcelona are better in forward action, lower in defense. In other words, the Catalans tend to score a lot of goals, which is entirely indicative of their style, and Madrid are going through a similar stage of awakening..

The mentor dedicated a special part of his speech to the French team leader Antoine Griezmann, calling him one of the greatest players he ever coached:.

“When he was a winger, who simply ran the line... We started talking to him about the game deeper. In an extraordinary physical form. I am already a very special person, even though I have always shown my cunningness."

Due to the personnel situation, Simeone confirmed that the main guard Jan Oblak will miss the champion's battle. If the goalkeeper is already training, and still needs an hour to refresh, then trust Juan Musso at the start. It is clear that Oblak will be ready for the upcoming match against Seville.

Also, the head coach of Atletico is absolutely not worried about the threat of disqualification of his charges through sorting out the same cards. And when pressed by journalists about global peace, they decided to win the Champions League, Simeone Vipov in his signature pragmatic style, declaring that all his thoughts are focused on tomorrow, including.