Diego Pablo Simeonecoach of Atlético de Madrid, declared, regarding the incidents in the derby that led to the suspension of the match for 22 minutes due to the throwing of lighters from the South Fund that “those who throw and those who provoke must be punished”, in reference to the goalkeeper of Real Madrid, Thibaut Courtois.
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“My opinion is that the people who have committed incidents should be sanctioned by the club. We do not need these people. We need the people who accompany us and support us. These harm the club, but be careful, that does not justify generating the situations that we generate “We, the protagonists, can help prevent things from happening. Those who cause incidents and those who provoke them must be punished. It is clearly seen when Courtois charges people and laughs.”
“We must be careful with those who carry people and nothing happens. I insist that this does not justify what happens later, but the protagonists, and I include myself, have a lot to say. We must punish those who throw the lighters and those who charge the fans,” Simeone added.
Asked what he said to the fans when he went to ask them to stop shooting, the Atlético coach explained that he told them not to harm his team, to stop doing what they were doing.
“I insist. The club has to sanction the people who have committed these incidents. That does not justify creating the situations that the protagonists create. Since you are not sanctioned, you allow yourself to do anything. What has happened should not happen, but Courtois also had lighters thrown at him at the Bernabéu when he was Atlético’s goalkeeper. The club should be the first to not allow this, but we are not victims, there may be a reaction. We must sanction when Simeone, Messi, Courtois, Vinicius, Griezmann or whoever provokes. “It is clearly seen that Courtois charges when he laughs,” he declared.
Regarding the match itself, Simeone highlighted that “in the first half” they defended “correctly.”
“We had some counterattacks that we could have done better. In the second half I think we were playing well and this episode appears that should not happen, but that benefited us because it stopped after a hard blow for us when we received the goal. After the break, the team entered the game better and the tie was achieved”.
Regarding Correa, scorer of the equalizer, he indicated that “he always wants to play as a starter” and that “he is one of the players who has the most appearances at Atlético de Madrid.” “He has something that is extraordinary when he comes out of trouble and my mission is to find balance in his minutes.”
He also praised Javi Galán: “Immense joy for him. He has not stopped training and has entered the game as he has to.” And he concluded about the incidents and what he said to those who were throwing lighters.
“The message I gave to the fans was to think about the club, about the team. They were not favoring them. They claimed that the rival goalkeeper had provoked them.” “That does not justify these acts, but I hope we can also sanction the protagonists that we charge and since we call ourselves that, they do nothing to us,” he said.
EFE
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