by With all the excuses – and there were many – a line by Antoine Griezmann, which was cut directly into the heart of matter after the elimination of the World Cup of Atletico Madrid.
“We have to see ourselves and see that there are times when we are not at the level and have to solve that,” said the veteran of French strikers.
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Griezmann’s goal achieved a 1-0 win against Botafogo on Monday, but the Brazilian team rose over the gates in front of the Spaniards to reach the World Cup over the past 16 years.
Atletico licked her wounds, just as you hadn’t won this season to win a large trophy.
Her controversial Champions League left the 16 elimination of Real Madrid, after Julian Alvarez ‘”Double -Touch” Fralmeter Atletico left Atletico with referees, UEFA and her ore rival.
They bubbled and blame for their surrender in La Liga, which they led to Christmas, while Simeone insisted that a Copa del Rey semi-final defeat from Barcelona was something that the club had to accept.
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“We are trying to further improve to get closer to the teams and accept the place we are,” said the Argentine coach.
Atletico, who won La Liga in 2014 and 2021 and reached runners -up in the final of the Champions League in 2014 and 2016, was much closer to the elite than now.
Some players in the club understand that, like Griezmann and goalkeeper Jan Oblak, others do not seem to seem.
“We will continue to rattle the cages of those at the top,” promised Marcos Llorente after the group phase was eliminated in the United States.
Atletico was angry that some penalty was ignored in the victory against Botafogo in Pasadena.
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“I’ve never seen anything like that to be honest, I think we should have received two punishments,” complained wing player Giuliano Simeone, the coach’s son.
“I think the decisions do not prefer us at all – in all controversial ones, we have to play against it.”
– ‘It needs work’ – –
It was Atletico’s opening with 4: 0 by the Champions League winner Paris Saint-Germain, who cost her qualification and also showed how far they are from the summit of the game.
Simeone has been responsible since 2011 and many would say that he is the biggest coach in the history of the club, but in recent years the questions have grown as to whether he is the man who continues to drive Atletico.
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The last trophy you won was La Liga four years ago.
“I am sad that I was eliminated, we have six points from three games. We won two,” said Simeone.
As so often the case has shown in recent years, it wasn’t enough.
In some quarters of the Spanish media, the former Rojiblanco defender Filipe Luis, coach of the Brazilian team Flamengo, who made it into the last 16, was associated as the future Atletico coach.
“You had a long season … we hope that the next one is better for you,” said the retired Atletico Great Sergio Aguero, but if the team does not progress, some fans will lose their hope.
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Griezmann, who signed a new contract with Atletico at the beginning of the summer and ended a drought of 18 games against Botafogo, believes that it will take elbow fat.
“It takes work and it is a problem that is deeper and more to do in the team than in the referees,” he added when Atletico packed her bags for home.
“We have to concentrate on what we have to improve, what we have to do to win these games.”
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