Soccer Football - La Liga Santander - Atletico Madrid vs Real Sociedad - Wanda Metropolitano, Madrid, Spain - December 2, 2017 Atletico Madrid’s Antoine Griezmann celebrates scoring their second goal with teammates REUTERS/Sergio PerezCAIRO – 3 December 2017: Atletico Madrid’s Argentine manager, Diego Simeone, was happy after a stunning comeback by his players to defeat Real Sociedad 2-1 after being down 1-0 in the first half.“We must show pride, intensity and courage. We are happy to have come through a difficult match. It was a struggle in the second half; beyond some mistakes, we showed determination,” Simeone told the press after the game.Willian Jose opened the scoring for Real Sociedad through a penalty in the 27th minute. After the goal, Atletico players squandered their many chances to score an equalizing goal and ended the first half down 1-0.Simeone revealed some of what he told his players at half time, saying, “It was the way I always tell my players to play; the response of the players was fantastic. I prefer to win or lose by playing in the way we did in the second half.

Source: Egypt Today December 03, 2017 08:03 UTC