Simeone: Atletico Madrid s goal is to win the championship, and many top teams want Spider

June 10 According to the "Marca", Simeone was interviewed and talked about Atletico Madrid's goal of participating in this summer's Club Cup and Alvarez.

About Atletico Madrid's goal of participating in this summer's Club World Cup

We went to participate in the Club World Cup, and the goal was to win the championship, but we were not very lucky when we drew the lottery this time. Our group includes the South American Liberators Cup champion (Botafogo) and the Champions League champion (Paris Saint-Germain).

I am dissatisfied with Atletico Madrid's results in the 24-25 season. I have to be honest. I am really uncomfortable this time. I have been in the club for 14 years and feel that I have greater responsibility. The pressure I put on myself is much greater than it was in the beginning. My only goal now is to lead Atletico Madrid to win the championship. I have already had other experiences. Of course, to win the championship, you have to embark on a long and difficult road, and the 24-25 season is probably the most frustrating one in these years, and I can even compare it to the 2016 Champions League final. We were doing very well from October last year to February this year, but everything collapsed in a week since the end of February.

emphasized that Atletico Madrid has already had its own "stability" over the years

Some teams can win the championship occasionally, but their performance will decline seriously next season, which is the lack of stability. And we have stability, just like Real Madrid and Barcelona, ​​we have our own stability. In Europe, only six teams have been able to compete in the Champions League in a row over the past 13 years, and Atletico Madrid is one of them. Real Madrid and Barcelona have won 34 La Liga titles in the past 40 years, which proves that other teams are very difficult to win, isn’t it? Shouldn't we work hard and be patient in order to keep biting them? What I talk about is to always bite them. At the same time, as our club develops, narrow the gap with them, and to bring us closer to victory, you cannot lose stability.

Has Atletico Madrid been in its comfort zone for too long?

What is a comfort zone? Ranked third in La Liga? We are paying attention to Athletic Bilbao, Villarreal, Sevilla before, Valencia before, Real Sociedad, Betis... They always want to be us, and of course we want to win the championship, but to be fair, it's hard. Atletico Madrid won the championship in the 1995/96 season, and then it took 17 years to win the championship again in 2014. Then we won the championship again in 2021, which means we waited for another 7 years. I always talk to the players about the foundations the team already has, and they also tell the new players that at Atletico we can't settle for fifth place, and if we are fifth place, everything will collapse.

About Alvarez's future

Alvarez is a very outstanding player, Barcelona, ​​Paris Saint-Germain, Arsenal, Liverpool... Many top teams want him. His excellence is also a kind of honor for us Atletico Madrid. Why? Because he belongs to us, since he belongs to us, we must protect him. How can we make him happy? I think it's time to win games by constantly. To achieve this goal, we must do our best. It's not only for Alvarez, but for all of us.