Diego Simeone, the head coach of Atlético Madrid, expressed his dissatisfaction with his team's 1-1 draw against Elche in the second round of the Spanish league for the 2025/2026 season, emphasizing that the team is on the right track despite the difficult start to the season.

The Argentine coach's statements came after the end of the match, where he stressed the need for patience and continued work to achieve the desired results.

Simeone said: "It's frustrating, we wanted to win, and we did enough for that, but the opposing team defended well, their goalkeeper saved two dangerous chances, one from Sorloth and the other from Marcos, we made a mistake on their goal, and although we attacked throughout the match, we came away with a bitter taste, especially after they retreated at the end."

He added: "We have only one point from the first two rounds, but I see that the team is improving, especially compared to the match against Espanyol, we have young players who need to develop, the result hasn't come yet, but we need patience and we will find the way to success, when the attacking effectiveness appears, we will earn more points."

He continued: "The fans are right to be angry, and we feel what they feel, we gave everything we had to win but we didn't succeed, we are working in the best way to exploit the players' capabilities, I am confident that calmness, patience, and hard work will lead us to results, and we must not deviate from this path, in the last two matches, we deserved more than what we got."

He added: "Effectiveness sometimes appears and sometimes disappears, we had decisive chances that we did not exploit properly, the positive side is that we did not lack attack, character, or playmaking, it is true that we are not satisfied with the draw, but we are on the right track."

Regarding the potential penalty, he said: "If the referee didn't see it, then there was definitely nothing there."

He concluded his statements by saying: "Improving effectiveness takes time and patience, and it comes from continuing on the right path, they did not create real chances, except for a counterattack that they exploited well, while we did not handle it well, the team is developing, and we must continue to work to earn the required points."