Athletic of Madrid lost to RB Leipzig 2-1 and was out of the Champions League, being the third time in a row that it fell in the quarterfinal round. After deletion, Diego Simeone recognized the merits of the German team, which reaches this stage for the first time in its history.
“They won the duels, they won in fouls, in understanding the game well and it was difficult for us to insert ourselves well into the game. Perhaps after our 1-1, the game was calmer, but when they were worse, 2-1 appeared. He ended up calling a game that we couldn’t play the way we wanted “, explained the ‘Cholo’ after the end of the match.
The Argentine strategist said that the mattresses gave themselves 100%, despite the fact that they could never get up on the scoreboard.
“I am absolutely convinced that we gave everything we had, absolutely everything. This has been a very long and hard year. 40 days stopped, playing again, 11 games in a row, with the re-pressure of entering the ‘Champions’ yes or yes, one week off, return to training .. We tried to give everything, it did not come out, to raise our heads and get back up for next year “, he pointed.
In his second participation in Champions League, RB Leipzig He reached the semifinals for the first time and on Tuesday, August 18, he will face PSG in Lisbon in a single match.
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