In televised statements after the meeting, which was hosted by (Bay Arena), he said, “I do not stand in this situation much (he means the penalty kick) because there is the ‘VAR’, the referee, as well as your honor… Far from our opinions, the match is over. It won’t change anything from reality.”
“At the moment, we will forget this match quickly, and it is clear that the group is difficult, Club Brugge beat Porto, and we have two games in a row against it. It will be very difficult and evenly matched, as is the case in the Champions League.”
On the match, he explained: “It was a difficult match, and we did not manage to resolve it over the course of 70 or 80 minutes, as we lacked some calm and choosing the right decisions. In the end, the opponent punished us by opening our lines, and the first goal came, and then ended the match with a good counter-attack. very”.
Simeone also indicated that he discussed the change he made between the two halves of the match by entering the Argentine Rodrigo de Paul instead of Saul Niguez, for more interconnection between the team’s lines.
With this loss, the Madrid team came in third place with three points, behind the leaders and surprise group Club Brugge with six points (the full mark), followed by Bayer with three points, the same balance as Atleti, and then Porto at the bottom of the group without points from two losses.
