Atletico Madrid manager Diego Simeone has told the media that he is enthusiastic about the glove of competitions that appear in the coming two months, and they start a trip to Montjuic in the Copa del Rey semi-final first leg. He also confirmed at least two changes for the Barcelona collision.
One of them will be the return of the summer that Juan Musso signed in Doel instead of Jan Oblak.
“Juan will certainly play,” Simeone confirmed to the press, also explaining that Cesar Azpilicueta would be missing and Clement Lenglet doubted. On the other hand, Lamine Yamal is a late doubt for Barcelona.
“Cesar is not going to accompany us against Barcelona, I hope he will be back on Saturday. And we evaluate whether it starts from the start or not. '
Simeone also had high words of praise for his opposite song Hansi film, and explained that the German coach is the best for them.
“Their greatest strength is the coach, he has a power to transfer the playing style and the arrival of Flick has been very good for Barcelona.”
As he often does, Simeone emphasized 'bringing the game to areas' in which Atletico can cause damage.
“We have a concrete idea and we will manage it with the boys in advance. We are confronted with an opponent whose game I really like. They have a big attacking force and we will look to hurt them where we believe we can. '
Similarly, he was aware that they would often defend during the game, and Simeone was asked if it was in his plan to do 'less suffering' than in the League meeting between the two in December, that Los Colchoneros with 2- 1 won.
“If you are confronted with great teams, you know that you must be prepared to resist. There will be good moments, we know that it has already happened against Real Madrid, where there were times when they were better than we are … We know that there will be different moments of competitions and hopefully there will be more good for us. “
In the meantime, Pablo Barrios has received a lot of criticism in recent days after two broadcasts in the room of a month.
“He is 21 years old, he is a boy who grows, he is very important to us and he improves day after day. In my eyes, he takes a lot of responsibility in the game. He had these red cards that will serve as experience for later games. [I have] Believe in the boy for the games that are coming. '
Barrios is reportedly set to start the game, which is little surprise after Koke Resurreccion was injured last week. Marcos Llorente has done a good job in the middle of the field against Valencia, but is most often employed.
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