Atletico Madrid is out of the Champions League in the round of 16 stage after a defeat of the penalty shoot-out against City Rivals Real Madrid. Los Colchoneros won the second stage with 1-0 after a Conor Gallagher goal within 30 seconds, but they could not do enough and lost 4-2 on penalties.
It was a performance to be proud of Athleti, and head coach Diego Simeone made this clear during his response after the game. According to Diario As, he gave his assessment of the 120 minutes in the Metropolitano, in which he believes that his side would have earned completely winners of the Tour of 16 draw.
“I wouldn't talk about happiness. I would talk about pride of the team that we have, the way we always compete and it will remain in the history of this process that we have in the club. It was always a very well -controlled competition. We had opportunities to extend the score, we did not have the precision at the end of the season, they checked the possession without opportunities. The penalty came, they missed and I think we played an incredible game.
“I am proud of our players. They have certainly always defeated us in the Champions League, but they have a hard time, they are really bad. “
Simeone also responded to the controversy during the penalty shoot-out. Julian Alvarez's penalty was assessed as an illegal attack by the VAR team, which stated that the Argentinian striker had touched the ball with his left foot and his right.
“Punishments are not being edited, they are different in competitions. They tell me that Julian seems to be touching or not touching the ball when he shoots – if the referee regards it, it will have been the case. “
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