Atletico Madrid manager Diego Simeone has been clear that his side will not be giving Real Madrid a guard of honour after the latter won the Spanish Supercup last Sunday. Last season too, Los Rojiblancos refused to do so, and Simeone confirmed that ‘nothing had changed’.
Real Madrid ran over Atletico in the closing stages of extra time in Saudi Arabia, eventually coming out 5-3 winners. However Simeone denied to Diario AS that it was a physical problem. For him, it was all about the individuals in his side defending better.
“It’s not a collective issue. We have to improve individually. Football is always duels, the games end up being duels and whoever ends up winning the most duels has the best chance of winning the games. When we can improve in that area, we will improve as a team.”
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