Atletico Madrid coach Diego Simeone said he couldn't bear to watch the team's 'emotional' penalty shootout win over Inter Milan in the Champions League round-of-16 on Wednesday.
Craig Burley reacts to Atletico Madrid advancing to the Champions League quarterfinals after defeating Inter Milan in penalty kicks.
Atletico Madrid coach Diego Simeone said he couldn't bear to watch the team's"emotional" penalty shootout win over Inter Milan in the Champions League round-of-16 on Wednesday.had put the Italians 1-0 up -- and 2-0 up on aggregate -- early on before Antoine Griezmann responded two minutes later, and an 87th minute goal from Atletico substitute"I didn't watch," Simeone told Movistar when asked about the shootout.
"I was just looking at the images of the fans on the TV, it's emotional," Simeone added."When the team is like it was today, the hope grows, and we generate that excitement. We're among the eight best in Europe once more, that says a lot about the club.""They're an incredible team," Simeone said of Inter."They play well, they're very quick, they're decisive, the forwards work hard. Savic, Mario , Axel played a great game.
"We've had sad nights, like the other day after the Cadiz game," Simeone said."But this year, there've been flashes: against Real Madrid, in theStar forward Griezmann returned from injury for the game at the Metropolitano after hurting his ankle in the first leg and scored Atleti's opening goal to keep them in the tie after going behind early.
"I made a big effort to be here today, working morning, afternoon and night with the physios," he told Movistar."It was a key game, we targeted this date. We tried for Bilbao , but it was impossible, I couldn't even walk."We aren't thinking about the draw, but rather about enjoying tonight," Griezmann said."We have two days off that we've been given, we'll rest well and be back for Sunday. But whoever we play we'll be a difficult opponent.
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