I Accept Criticism For Atletico Madrid’s Struggles – Simeone

Atletico Madrid manager Diego Simeone has said that there is no justification for the club’s poor start in La Liga. He recently had his say while speaking to the press, and fans have been reacting.

According to him, the criticism his team has faced since the start of the season has been very fair because the results have been below expectations.

Simeone added that he has not been a happy coach since he’d rather play badly and get maximum points.

His words, “In difficult moments, you shouldn’t hide.

I don’t hide … last year at one time we were 10 points behind Barcelona, and then by December we were first.

We accept criticism, it’s fair. We haven’t got the points we could have. But the important thing is to find the team and improve day by day… it isn’t all bad, I assure you.

But I don’t want to justify the two points we have, there’s no justification. I live by points. I’d rather play badly and get points. This time, we haven’t played so badly, but we’ve got fewer points.

Before we couldn’t talk about this, now we can, and we can allow ourselves to dream. But the reality is the reality, we shouldn’t fool anyone.

Raphinha is Raphinha, Lamine is Lamine, Lewandowski is Lewandowski. Mbappé is Mbappé, Vinícius is Vinícius … we’ve won against [Lionel] Messi’s Barcelona and Cristiano [Ronaldo]’s Real Madrid. If we give 110%, we can do it. When we give 80%, we finish third.

I know we have to win [trophies]. I knew it four years ago [when they won the league]. If Atlético want to keep growing, we have to win again. We won in 1996, 2014, 2021 … and we have to win again. Finishing third doesn’t make me happy.”

WOW.