🎙️ "Anger, outrage, injustice"
Cholo spoke up. After being eliminated from the Champions League by Real Madrid, Diego Simeone took the floor and spoke about what happened in the tie against the Whites. A Simeone who did not hide his feelings about what happened."Normally I say Barcelona, but this time the situation deserves me to explain my feelings of anger, rage, and injustice, but from my position, I only have the power to work and for the team to keep competing. To understand our people, and the feeling of everyone is one of anger, rage, and injustice", he commented at the beginning of the press conference.
But Cholo is already looking to tomorrow. "I'm not going to answer anymore about the previous match, as Carleto said, he's right, it's over, we need to think about the upcoming match, we have a great opportunity against a team that plays very well. We focus on ourselves and try to convey to the people that we can keep competing", he pointed out when they asked him again about what happened.
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