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Just a few moments after the referee signaled the end at the Sánchez-Pizjuán,
Koke
still had two plays throbbing in his head.
"There is a clear hand before the goal and another when Llorente left alone and it was the second yellow. I have seen it on the field and then I wanted to corroborate it," said the rojiblanco captain.
"In the end we also have the VAR, which has to help him. Today was not the day. Other days it has favored us, but today it has not been on our side," he concluded in his reflection, after the third defeat of the season .
A slip when there are only nine days left to go.
"Nobody said it was going to be easy. To achieve success you always have to fight against everything and everyone because nobody gives you anything,"
Luis Suárez
published a couple of hours later.
on his Twitter account.
Tomás Reñones
, Atlético spokesman in Seville, also raised the tone: "The plays are absolutely clear and there is little to comment on what we have just seen. The referee is not very correct, the images are very clear."
And he added about Ocampos' play: "In this hand we are absolutely hurt, but we are not complaining. We are going to continue working to stay where we are."
For the next episode, also Sevilla, only that in the Betis field, the leader will not be able to count on Luis Suárez (19) or
Marcos Llorente
(9).
What translated into offensive power is that he will not have 28 of the 51 goals that Atlético has scored in the league this season.
Almost 55 percent of the punch thanks to which the rojiblancos have arrived at the front of the general.
The Uruguayan had been avoiding the sanction for almost two months, with four yellow cards behind him.
Nor will they be able to count on Kondogbia.
Of course, except unforeseen,
Carrasco
,
Joao Félix
and
Savic
will be ready for the first battle with no margin for error.
"When a coach makes a change at 30 minutes there is poor management by the coach, of what he was looking for and did not come out," admitted Simeone, who had to rebuild the team half an hour into the game.
Lodi
left at a slow pace skirting the side of the stadium and with the feeling of being the signal of a start without reply that only
Oblak's
stop
to Ocampos, with his ninth penalty stopped since he was at Atlético, attenuated.
"In the second half the team improved, more competitive, closer to who we are. Their goal appeared, in a match that was very even, we had Mario's, Correa's, quite clear, we couldn't have the forcefulness they need these games, "added the Argentine coach.
Goodbye to the 11-point mattress
Simeone did not want to take hold of the controversial decisions and did think about the future that lies ahead.
"I do not stay with that detail of the game," he said about Ocampos' hand, "I do not think it is decisive in the game. We have to keep trying to improve. Now we have a week to prepare the visit to a difficult field such as the of Betis ".
Real Madrid is already only three points behind and, if they beat Valladolid this Monday, Barcelona could be only one.
Just eight days ago, Atlético had a cushion of 11 on the Catalans, who have only given up two points since then.
"We have to find the way so that the boys are like great part of the season", settles Simeone.
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