DAtletico Madrid coach iego Simeone has lavished praise on rivals Real Madrid after the Merengues won in Sunday’s Classic.

The Argentinian coach justified the defeat with the wear and tear the team had on the trip to Dragão, where they defeated FC Porto.

“Up until the first goal, it was a balanced game, with no chance of a goal, where Real Madrid’s forcefulness interfered with the game. In the second half we grew, some dangerous situations but then came their second goal, and they won fairly,” he began for saying Simeone, quoted by the Spanish newspaper Marca, before talking about the physical wear of the team.

“They made a great effort again, they managed to play with Kondogbia at the center and the technical team very well collectively after a great effort in Portugal. Real Madrid are doing very well, with great strength, with football that I really like to see, taking advantage of such quick transitions and the coach is a great coach who did things very well the way he is doing it again “, continued Simeone, but without throwing in the towel in the race for the title of Spanish champion.

“There is a lot of championship, there are still many games to go. Real Madrid achieved an important advantage for us and for those closest to us, but the Spanish championship is complex and we cannot allow ourselves to think that the rival we have closest to Betis . We don’t think about anything else, “he concluded.

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