The coach of Atletico Madrid's Diego Simeone said his team has not
practiced penalties before the second leg of the knockout round of the
Champions League
against PSV Eindhoven.
Namely 11-meter throw, however, proved decisive after opponents failed to score in both meetings exchanged visits.
Atletico beat last night with 8:7 penalties of "Vicente Calderon" and keep going.
"I am happy that we qualified in the quarterfinals. Behind the winning penalty Huanfran stands a great deal of hard work of many people, so it feels good. We will continue to fight.
We had not practiced penalties before the game because I do not see the point. My assistant Herman Burgos cellar players to beat penalties, and last year against Bayer Leverkusen. He also deserves congratulations. It was difficult last season, now it was also hard because the situation is. It's like playing chess.
They are very battleworthy and tough rival. The match was difficult. I knew that the team that mistake will fail. This did not happen and everything had to be decided on penalties. 0: 0 is always subtle result. We can congratulate an opponent who did very well. But overall I think we showed more desire to win in both games, "said Simeone.
against PSV Eindhoven.
Namely 11-meter throw, however, proved decisive after opponents failed to score in both meetings exchanged visits.Atletico beat last night with 8:7 penalties of "Vicente Calderon" and keep going.
"I am happy that we qualified in the quarterfinals. Behind the winning penalty Huanfran stands a great deal of hard work of many people, so it feels good. We will continue to fight.
We had not practiced penalties before the game because I do not see the point. My assistant Herman Burgos cellar players to beat penalties, and last year against Bayer Leverkusen. He also deserves congratulations. It was difficult last season, now it was also hard because the situation is. It's like playing chess.
They are very battleworthy and tough rival. The match was difficult. I knew that the team that mistake will fail. This did not happen and everything had to be decided on penalties. 0: 0 is always subtle result. We can congratulate an opponent who did very well. But overall I think we showed more desire to win in both games, "said Simeone.
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