Diego Simeone complains about unfair competition with Atletico Madrid.

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Diego Simeone thinks Atletico Madrid were not treated fairly by the Spanish Football Federation’s scheduling.

Diego Simeone, Atletico Madrid’s trainer, is unhappy with the Spanish Football Federation’s unfair match schedule for the Atletico Madrid team. Before playing the first semi-final match of the Copa del Rey next Wednesday.

Atletico Madrid has a queue to open the Estadio Civitas Metropolitano arena to take on Athletic Bilbao on stage in the Copa del Rey semi-finals. The first match on Wednesday, February 7. While the Atletico team must compete in a derby match with Real Madrid at the Santiago Bernabeu stadium on Sunday. February 4, Athletic Bilbao will play Mallorca. Since Friday, February 2. The Basque team will therefore have more than 48 hours to recover, which Simeone considers unfair to the Atletico team.

‘My interpretation as a fan is that they [the Spanish Football Federation] don’t respect them. (Atletico fans)’ Simeone said, ‘It’s not that they don’t respect Atletico, it’s the fans. Because they already knew before playing with Sevilla. That it was going to happen, while Athletic or Barcelona were going to play on the weekend. If in the important semi-finals of Spain The federation should decide to give Tham 48 hours to prepare. It seems unfair to me. Just one day is enough to understand. But what is the difference between us playing on Wednesday or Thursday? do not have’

‘They don’t want to change. I think it’s a lack of respect for our fans. That doesn’t mean we’ll win or not. It will not be define by that. But because it is a question of respect and Atletico’s fans wanting their players to be in the best condition possible. If one team has five days and the other team has three, it makes me angry.’

Atletico defender Mario Hermoso was also annoy by the way the program was organize, stating: ‘When we play it’s often complicate for the people who want to support us. We were there during the week to watch Atletico play and we noticed the fatigue, the number of games was accumulating and we have a lot of time left in the season.’ โปรโมชั่น ufabet

‘February is a very intense time with games, opponents and competitions. We as players, professionals and athletes strive to be our best when we are competing. But they should help us, take care of the athletes and when you have more time to rest. The level of play will also be higher.’