If the Coliseum match was Koke’s 700th match, then Atletico’s agonizing win over Inter has a name and a title: Jose Maria Jimenez. The Uruguayan rose above the entire Inter defense to head home the corner kick … This gave the three points to the Rojiblancos, a win that puts them in the top eight in the Champions League.
A wonderful goal in which the Colchonero defender remembered all the people who were by his side when they were not feeling well. When asked what he used to finish Griezmann’s ball other than his spirit, Jimenez was clear: “With my children. In that moment I thought of them, of the strength they give me every day. In my wife who always supports me and helps me reach the matches in the best way possible. It was a goal from all my loved ones and from people who never stopped believing in me.».
“I knew they couldn’t stop my jump from the free kick because I was sent off. “Griezmann sent in an amazing cross and the only thing I did was put my head into it,” added the Uruguayan, who dismisses the existence of the top eight with a classic “game by game”, although he does allow himself the luxury of looking up. “It was a tough game and we needed to win it and win it.” It allows us to believe that we can classify ourselves directlyAnnounce.
For his part, Simeone expressed his happiness that Jimenez was the author of the “great goal”, which was the victory. «He is a fighter, a workera boy with a lot of humility and a lot of awareness of how important our team is. We need him, he is one of our leaders. He added: “We are very happy that he had the opportunity to score a wonderful goal like the one he scored.”
The Argentine coach, who watched on the field the match plan he had drawn up to defeat Inter, said: “This goal gives us the faith to continue working and trusting, and believing in what we have, which is a very good thing.” “We had a plan and it was to play a long game, with a lot of work at the beginning, as we saw, with a lot of people to recover and take advantage of counterattacks. In the second half, we bet on the people we were waiting for to give us the final push it seemed.