Atletico Madrid are out of the Champions League on the spherical of 16 stage after a penalty shoot-out defeat to metropolis rivals Actual Madrid. Los Colchoneros received the second leg 1-0 after a Conor Gallagher aim inside 30 seconds, however they may not do sufficient ultimately, dropping 4-2 on penalties.
It was a efficiency to be pleased with for Atleti, and head coach Diego Simeone made this clear throughout his post-match response. As per Diario AS, he gave his evaluation of the 120 minutes on the Metropolitano, wherein he believes that his aspect would have been totally deserving winners of the spherical of 16 tie.
“I wouldn’t speak about luck. I’d speak about feeling pleased with the workforce we have now, the best way we all the time compete and it’ll stay within the historical past of this course of that we have now within the membership. It was a really properly managed match always. We had probabilities to increase the rating, we didn’t have the precision on the finish of the season, they managed possession with out probabilities. The penalty got here, they missed and I feel we performed an unimaginable recreation.
“I’m pleased with our gamers. Absolutely they all the time beat us within the Champions League, however they’ve a tough time, they actually have a foul time.”
Simeone additionally reacted to the controversy throughout the penalty shoot-out. Julian Alvarez’s penalty was adjudged to have been an unlawful strike by the VAR workforce, who said that the Argentine striker had touched the ball along with his left foot in addition to his proper.
“Penalties usually are not labored, they’re completely different in matches. They inform me that Julian appears to the touch or doesn’t contact the ball when he shoots – if the referee considers it it can have been like that.”