Simeone: Not sure if Baena starts; Spider is our best player

Hupu September 27th news In the 7th round of La Liga in the 2025-26 season, Atletico Madrid will face Real Madrid. Atletico Madrid coach Simeone attended the pre-match press conference and accepted an interview with the media.

About the coach

"I am not the most suitable person to comment on the changes in Real Madrid. As for the coach, I don't think we are decisive. The most valuable thing in the game is the players, they made the difference. "

About the game

"The gap in the standings doesn't matter when the game starts. It will be a game that is very fierce in the midfield, and the offense and defense transition will be decisive...I foresee that the game will be like this. "

About the team format

"We have 8 new players who arrived at the beginning of the season and 7 of them came last season. We are in a process of working to be a better team , in the process we did some good things, hope we can keep improving one game after another, and get better day by day. "

About Mbappe and Alvarez

"This is a topic of your media, I won't judge opponents. We see Alvarez dedicating himself to the club and the team, people like him very much, and hope he can form a good team with his teammates. "

About Vinicius' role in Real Madrid

"This question is not suitable for me to answer. "

Regarding who is more stressed

"We don't care about this situation, we focus on how to deal with this game , how to play it well. Let the players recover from the fatigue of these three games... They are putting in great effort, we will play four games in nine days, the level of effort will depend on mentality and dedication... "

About Baenna

"He has to start in a certain game: it may be this, the next, or against Celta. We will arrange according to the needs of the team, he is one of the best players we have. "

About Raspadori and Rugeri

"I have more expectations of them, Raspadori's training intensity is greater, we expect him to bring more, he has the skills, can score goals, and has the awareness of collective cooperation... Ru Jerry, too, was in Giuliano header that day, and Alvarez finished the goal, he did a great job and we would ask them to come up with more. "

About Hanzko

"He can play, I think he's good at both center and left back, and the team's lineup hasn't been completely fixed yet. "

Regarding whether Alvarez is already relieved

"I don't think so, was his first goal last season in Game 4 or Game 5, and then he ended up scoring 18 goals in the league, he's an extraordinary player, our best player, and he has to take good care of him. "