00:00Ah, I agree with this news for once, the best defense is a good offense.
00:03And that's precisely why I'm extremely happy about Atletico qualifying for the final.
00:07of Copa del Rey,
00:07that yesterday I allowed myself to taunt the Barcelonans because they had talked far too much,
00:10whether it was before the match, or even before the first leg in fact,
00:13Well, I can't help but mention that even Ritafe would probably have done less badly.
00:16Of course, in the heat of the moment I don't want to attack the coach and the players.
00:19But I forgot to come back to that because we have some important league matches coming up.
00:22Champions later on,
00:23We will also have a Copa del Rey final to play.
00:25If last night's performance can be repeated, whether in the Champions League or elsewhere...
00:29will repeat this feat in the Copa del Rey final,
00:31Well, we shouldn't expect anything.
00:32Because, as you well know, we came very close to being eliminated.
00:34And for me, whether it's the players or Diego Simeone, they are clearly responsible, and it wouldn't have
00:38It should never have happened.
00:39I don't think they were facing the 2015 Barça team, so there are no excuses for their lack of respect.
00:43level.
00:43I would like to remind everyone that Barça and Atletico de Madrid are obviously not at the same level.
00:47But here's the thing, I think Atletico's squad is only slightly weaker than theirs.
00:52Barça or Real Madrid.
00:53Well, you get it, Diego Simeone's game plan was clear: to do the
00:57hunched over and waited for the match to be over.
00:58Barça is suffocating us, we're retreating, retreating, for the first 20 minutes Barça struggles to be
01:02dangerous.
01:03There were a lot of corners, a lot of crosses, but inevitably with Atletico in full defensive form.
01:07from China,
01:08Well, at the beginning it was complicated for the Catalans.
01:10If they had been able to score one or two goals in 20 minutes instead of 45, I think we
01:14would not have held up.
01:14But that's okay, we won 4-0, it's obviously 0-0, not us
01:18to play the game.
01:19But at halftime, I'm sorry, we should have grown our balls and we should have played.
01:22soccer.
01:22Because it did that for a little while, between the 30th and 50th minute,
01:26I felt Atletico finally loosening up a little, finally trying to move forward.
01:31to make passes, to move forward, and when we moved forward we created opportunities, c
01:34That's the worst part.
01:35There was a chance for Griezmann even though there was an offside, there was a chance with
01:38Lukman's head.
01:39Normally, in a normal world, after being 2-0 up at halftime, we should have gone and scored a goal.
01:42In fact.
01:43In addition to that, Barça obviously has to overturn a 2-goal deficit in 45 minutes.
01:46It's obvious that the guys are going to leave some pretty blatant gaps.
01:49Well no, from the 60th minute onwards we curled up again and that's when we suffered.
01:52I can assure you that between the 70th and 90th minutes, my heart was beating extremely fast.
01:57strong,
01:57I almost had a stomach ache at one point, I'll admit it.
02:00And I almost cried at the end of the match, I was so relieved.
02:04That's not normal, because for example the action where Aminia badly smashes a pigeon there.
02:07But if the shot goes straight to the target, Mousseau can do nothing; absolutely no one could have prevented it.
02:11anything,
02:12We would have lost 4-0, we would have collapsed afterwards because I know my club, and then Simone would have
02:16What did you say?
02:16Well yeah, we were 4 goals ahead so obviously, but we smelled shit, we were
02:20Still qualified.
02:21But if in the Champions League, we face Tottenham, and we win the first leg 2-1, or even 2
02:25-0 in the first leg,
02:26And if we play the same match in London, it's over for us, right?
02:29You see, Cholismo back then worked for a reason: even when Atletico won
02:321-0 in the first leg,
02:33We were almost certain that Atletico would hold on.
02:37No goal, we could have faced Bayern Munich and Champions League rivals, or we could have held on for 0
02:41-0,
02:41even during one-off matches where we were winning 1-0, we parked the bus, the opposing team knew
02:45that she would never score,
02:46And even if it did happen that we conceded a goal, we managed to counter, but now it doesn't work anymore.
02:51Actually, I'm convinced of one thing: if Atletico had played yesterday like they did in the first leg, we
02:55He would have scored at least 2 goals, that's for sure.
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