He Atlético de Madrid coach, Diego Pablo Simeonehas praised the role of goalkeeper Juan Musso, of whom he has said that the team “needs” him. This is what he expressed in the press conference prior to the match against Tottenham in London, back from the round of 16 Champions League.
Atlético defends an advantage of tthree goals from the first leg at the Metropolitano (5-2) and he will do it without Jan Oblak in goal, so Argentine goalkeeper Juan Musso takes center stage: “I hope he can continue at this level, because we need him.”
“We always had good references in goal. Today Juan is performing as seen and we are happy with his work,” added the ‘Cholo’.
Regarding the match, the red and white coach predicted: “We try to continue playing the game we played at the Metropolitano“We hope to take the game where we believe we can hurt them,” he added.
The Colchonero coach has insisted on the need to score: “There is a difference of three goals, the best thing would be to be able to mark to lead them to a more uncomfortable situation.
In that sense, he has downplayed the statistics of Atlético’s scoring capacity so far in the Champions League: “I wouldn’t stop at the number of goals to be offensive, we try to be as complete as possible“.
Nor has there been a lack of reference to his compatriot Julián Álvarez, who this Wednesday could play his 100th game with the mattress, and he wished him to continue with it for many years: “I have already spoken enough about Julián. I trust the footballer we have, I trust that it will continue for many years“.
The midfielder previously spoke to the media Johny Cardosowho warned of the danger of the rival at home: “We know that they have not lost in the Champions League, they are a very dangerous team.” “We have learned from the mistakes against Barça,” he added, referring to the first-leg advantage.
