Simeone clarified that he feels “optimistic” with achieving Atletico’s pass to the knockout stages in the Champions League

Not even Porto’s defeat at Anfield clarified the future in the Champions League for Atlético de Madrid, which ended up losing 1-0 to Milan, after Messias Júnior will score in the 87th minute with a great header. Despite this, Diego Simeone has decided to keep his hopes intact to win at the Do Dragao stadium and get his pass to the round of 16.

“The details this time were in favor of Milan and they took all three points. We have always had some difficult group stage, I am optimistic, I will not change, the team will compete very well in the last game. The Champions does not forgive you, less and less, and the one who deserves it passes. Milan have the opportunity, Porto, and we have the opportunity to win as a visitor. The one who deserves it will pass”, He said at a press conference after the defeat.

The rojiblanco team was unable to score in the Wanda Metropolitano to bring a pass to the second round for which Liverpool helped Porto 2-0. “The players did not know the result of the other match. At the end of the game, it was not being balanced, and there they found the goal and we could not put it with Cunha’s“, he claimed.

“The Champions League is complex, both the Liverpool game and today we did not play a game to lose. Neither to win it, it is what there is, the only thing that matters is to win our next game. I am optimistic more than ever, because we are alive. In that situation we are complicated”He added, defending his changes this time.

The game was bad, with Milan better in pressure and Atlético not knowing how to get out of it, especially in the first half. In the second, except in the opening minutes, the Italian team returned to command and was able to score several times until it did so at the end.

With Ibrahimovic already on the ground, with the shipwreck in sight, a reality in the 87th minute when Messias Júnior’s header brought him closer to the abyss of elimination at Atlético de Madrid, which in the Do Dragao plays the round of 16. You need to win. And hope that Milan does not beat Liverpool by more goals than he does.