“We’re going to get back to scoring as many goals as we have in the last few years.”

Atlético Madrid coach Diego Pablo Simeone attended a press conference after his team secured their place in the quarter-finals by defeating Deport by the lowest margin in Riazor.

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“The criticism is positive because he scored the goal. I didn’t leave him out, I didn’t leave Julián in. We saw that he was close to assisting in the final development. He scored a great goal from the entrance to the area. He still has that magic, and that magic continues to give him energy and continues to give him hope to continue helping the team with those goals.”

Performance of the person with the shortest playing time

“We knew the game ahead. It’s a team that has competed very well and has a good counter-attack. We played well in the first half. I think in the second half we were on that side until the goal. After the goal, they had more positional attacks and we had options to solve the counter-attack. The important thing is that we are in the quarter-finals.”

Gallagher and Raspadori leave

“This is what I spoke to Mateu and Miguel yesterday. The club is working according to what the team needs and the players who arrive will do so to replace those who left.”

Lack of power

“I’d be more worried if we couldn’t create scoring chances. That would mean we have a team that isn’t working well, but now it’s time to fine-tune. Certainly we’ll go back to scoring a ton of goals like we’ve scored in the last few years, because the team is producing.”

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“My big hope is to come to Atlético and play in this shirt. We go into each competition with the intention of going as far as we can.”