Quique Flores
SevillaDiego Simeone
Atlético Madrid
Meeting Highlights…ABOUT MATCH
We want to look for variants that make us better. We know what things we don't want to repeat in the game. Hopefully the plan goes ahead. I expect a very tight, contested and energetic match. If we are not at the level we will suffer. A Sevilla - Atlético de Madrid match is always a big match.
…ATLETICO
They come with hardly any injuries. They are used to playing every four days. We should not have hope that they will not compete because it will not be like that. If we are at a good level we should take the game to moments of difficulty for them. The idea and the hope is that we have a good game.
…COACHES AND INJURIES
Having three coaches in the same season does not help for the players. Many injuries can come from that. For the mechanisms to work we need energy. We have to adapt to the loss of Agoumé. We are in a very big club with many valid players. There are no excuses.
Quique Flores
Manager on Sevilla…ABOUT MATCH
We want to look for variants that make us better. We know what things we don't want to repeat in the game. Hopefully the plan goes ahead. I expect a very tight, contested and energetic match. If we are not at the level we will suffer. A Sevilla - Atlético de Madrid match is always a big match.
…ATLETICO
They come with hardly any injuries. They are used to playing every four days. We should not have hope that they will not compete because it will not be like that. If we are at a good level we should take the game to moments of difficulty for them. The idea and the hope is that we have a good game.
…COACHES AND INJURIES
Having three coaches in the same season does not help for the players. Many injuries can come from that. For the mechanisms to work we need energy. We have to adapt to the loss of Agoumé. We are in a very big club with many valid players. There are no excuses.
Diego Simeone
Manager on Atlético Madrid…PREVIOUS DEFEAT
You never live from the previous game to prepare for the next one, it happens to me beyond what happened. What we are looking for is to think about the new party. The enthusiasm that Sevilla will have after the victory they achieved in Vallecas and playing at home, with their people.
…SEVILLA
They have managed to recover important players, they make the team better and we will surely have a tough game.
…FOCUS
I am focusing on the match in Seville and leaving the Cup for when it is time. Mental exhaustion is the most important part. Many times we think that when the team does not respond it is because of the physical, but there are many factors that are not physical, factors of internal strength that make you repeat efforts. Players are people and have some moments of weakness. We, as coaches, also go through these stages and that is why sometimes we make mistakes with a change or a lineup... We have to live with the bad moments.