Simeone: "It's been a hard season, we need to rest"

Season: "You always want to win. To win is to become champion. It's not easy because we live in a league with Real Madrid and Barcelona. It's very difficult to compete against them. This season marked us and it's a wake-up call. The warning is real because of Sevilla, Betis, Real Sociedad, Atheltic... They are growing every day. This year we were very close to not making it. The match against Levante came up. A very important meeting on the part of the club, where they made a clear objective and where we all came together to get there. We were eleven points behind Sevilla and we passed them. Everything was focused on something concrete and when things are focused on something concrete the path is always better".

Learning: "It leaves us with a lot of things. A tough, difficult season. We need to rest. Since it started, it wasn't easy. Beyond the personal experiences of life, it was difficult. From all those situations that we know were there, it would be great to generate illusion, enthusiasm. It was reversed at the end of the season in terms of numbers. As we were champions last season, it always seems too little. We rounded off an important season, a good one. It leaves us in a privileged place.

Most complicated year: "This season was not easy for me. It's not a problem of improving in position. It's clear what positions we have to look for to balance the team, but the team is there. There are very good players in every position. Now what is most important is to form a structure of our own and generate what we always generate".

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