( bully168 )Pablo Barrios scored in stoppage time to give Atletico Madrid a 2-1 win at Sevilla, giving Atletico Madrid a boost in their hopes of winning the Spanish league title in the final eight games. bully168
‘El Cholo’ Diego Simeone insists Atletico Madrid are ready to fight despite their disadvantages against Barcelona and Real Madrid after the Rojiblancos beat Sevilla 2-1 thanks to a stoppage-time winner from Pablo Barrios, Mundo Deportivo reported on Sunday.
Sevilla took the lead through Lucien Agoume’s goal in the 7th minute, but Atletico Madrid equalised through a penalty in the 25th minute by Julian Alvarez before Barrios scored the winner in 90+3 stoppage time. Atletico Madrid currently have 60 points, 7 and 3 behind Barcelona and Real Madrid respectively, with 8 games remaining.
Asked how the win would affect the title race, Simeone said: ‘I insist that we have to think about ourselves, improve ourselves, improve what we did last season and improve this season with the players we have brought in.’
‘There is still room for growth. Of course it will put us at a disadvantage and of course we will have some injuries, but we will keep fighting.’
Simeone also spoke about the belief of the Rojiblancos, saying: ‘There are many things. When we came back from the international break, we had games against Espanyol, Barca and Sevilla. In the game against Espanyol we lost points because of penalties. In the game against Barca we played very well, but this time it starts the worst when you come back from a situation like that. ‘
‘The team was calm at 0-1 down. We played well, we got better as time went on. At the end of the first half we had a chance with Conor. In the second half Koke came on and we kept calm and connected well, giving freedom to Julian and Riquelme, who played very well. Lemar helped us with his play. ‘
bully168 ‘We connected the situations together: Juliano, Conor, Riquelme, who had two chances, Julian’s chance. The beautiful goal came and Pablo deserved it very much. We always support him to continue to grow. He scored a great goal and we are very happy not to give up. ‘ ( bully168 )
