Former striker Marco Van Basten has criticized the ultra-defensive proposition the Spanish side developed against Manchester City in the first leg of the Champions League quarter-finals. Today the revenge is disputed.
This Wednesday, Manchester City and Atlético de Madrid will define the team that will qualify for the semi-finals of the Champions League in the second leg. In the idea, despite an ultra-defensive proposal with moments when it was possible to appreciate two lines of five players, the English team managed to win at home 1-0 .
This formation led Diego Simeone to receive criticism from the Welshman Dean Saunders who considered that what was exposed by the Argentinian DT concerned “parasitic football: they live on your mistakes ”.
Now a new former football player has joined. the Dutch Marco Van Basten He was also opposed to this idea, although this time he got a quick response from Cholo.
“What Atlético is doing is legal, it’s allowed, but I’m surprised there’s a team with 10 players behind the ball for 90 minutes and they’re only trying not to concede goals to their rival “, he said in dialogue with Ziggo Sport.
“It would make more sense for someone to change the channel and go watch Netflix or something when Atlético are playing “added the former technician.
“There’s no one to blame. A coach can choose to play like that, it’s just not nice to see two players like Felix and Griezmann playing defensively for 90 minutes.”
Diego Simeone’s response was quick, noting that he demanded respect, as he admitted he didn’t like criticism from his colleagues.
“I have been training since the year 2005, 2006, until today and I have never been dismissive with one of my colleagues. Never. Because I always put myself in the shoes of the coaches with whom I compete . I understand that there are different ways to express what you feel, what you see and experience in each match, but when you despise a colleague, I don’t share it,” said the Argentine. .
“Then journalists, ex-players, people who haven’t played for a long time and want to say something different, we’re like my dad used to say, ‘the fish dies by mouth’. Words are free and we can all have an opinion. But between colleagues, no. Everyone has their own ways and I choose one: always respect my colleagues “, he added.
Regarding the second leg in Madrid, Simeone said that “it is clear that we are facing a team that is playing very well, with a very good dynamic positional rhythm of play, with very fast transitions, with small spaces that are used in the best way, but we delude ourselves. What we were able to generate in the first leg with the result was exciting. It is clear that with illusion it is not enough, but with facts to take the game where we believe we can do damage . And play. Words aren’t of much use, but what happens after nine o’clock at night.”
The duel between Atlético de Madrid and Manchester City is scheduled for today at 3:00 p.m. at the Wanda Metropolitano stadium and you can follow it minute by minute through Jock .
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