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Kamis, 15 Maret 2012

Atletico Madrid's Simeone: We played a perfect second half against Besiktas


The Argentine coach was happy with the team's display against the Turkish side and was full of praise for Turan after his positive performance on Thursday night

Diego Simeone - Atletico MadridAtletico Madrid coach Diego Simeone praised his side's display in the 3-0 victory at Besiktas in the Europa League at the Inonu Stadium.

A first half strike from Adrian and late goals from Radamel Falcao and Eduardo Salvio earned Atletico a comfortable 6-1 aggregate victory against the Turkish side after the first leg had finished 3-1 for the Spanish club.

"We are very happy," Simeone told reporters after the game. "We knew we would have to suffer in the opening 15 minutes. "But from then on, we started to build our game, we were more calm and we had a good end to the first half. The second half was perfect."

Simeone then had special words of praise for Arda Turan, who put in a good display on his return to the Turkish capital.

"He is a player who reads the game like few others," the Argentine coach said. "He just knows how to assist his teammates." 

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