Atletico Madrid boss Diego
Simone (name)
expressed his delight after the 1-0 win over Sevilla.
Marcos Llorente scored the winning goal while Caglar Soyuncu was sent off.
Simeone said, "First of all, I am happy for the victory. We put in a lot of effort in the last five games, but we lost the last game. Today, we were able to cope with the situation. It was a great year, we played 50 games, lost only eight, won 34 and we scored 104 goals.
"It's been an excellent year from last December to this December, and now we're into the second half of the season.
"We will continue to take it game by game and stick to our philosophy. The team is growing and is eager to be protagonists. In the first half we wanted to play well but we didn't do much, Morata, Lino, Molina ...... we still need to do better on the defensive end, it's a step forward for us and we will work on it.
"We have a lot of players like Marcos who work very hard. I have said that those who are based on effort must play. The addition of Renildo has made us very happy, the hugs in the locker room and the chants on the pitch have been outstanding.
On Soyuncu, he added: "I feel we are responsible for what happened to him. He is big, very strong, always anticipates and we didn't give him the pace of the game that he needed. That's partly why he was sent off because we didn't give him enough playing time and he needed more opportunities to get used to the pace of the game."
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Simone (name)
