Atletico cant afford to focus on Barca Simeone

Atletico cant afford to focus on Barca  Simeone

Diego Simeone admits Atletico Madrid can only focus on improving their performances as Barcelona are ‘unlikely’ to lose matches.

Atletico were 3-0 winners over Real Sociedad on Tuesday, cutting Barca’s lead at the top to five points, but the Argentine doesn’t want his to players to think about overhauling the Catalan giants.

Simeone praised Filipe Luis’ performance at the Vincente Calderon, and believes the Brazilian is returning to the form which helped the Madrid side claim the La Liga title in the 2013-14 season.

DIEGO SIMEONE

“We managed to put the game on track since the very beginning. We found several directions to do well. We played well especially in their half. We created chances and scoring the second goal in the second half allowed us to live better for the remainder of the match.

“After the game against Real Betis we are seeing him [Filipe Luis] at the same level we got from him the season we won La Liga.

“We keep trying to improve ourselves. We know it’s very unlikely Barcelona will lose matches. So we only think about ourselves.”

Report by Reuters

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