Argentinian Diego Simeone, head coach of Atletico Madrid, expressed his great happiness after his team's victory over Real Betis, confirming the importance of this win as it was the first away victory this season.

Simeone said: "I will keep what happened today, everything before this is in the past. It is true that Oblak made a great save against Abdessamad Ezzalzouli, but we finished the first half feeling that the team was in excellent condition. In the second half, we didn't have clear opportunities to score the third goal that seemed possible. Betis made a significant attacking change after bringing off Marc Roca. We managed to keep our net clean and leave with a necessary and important victory for the league standings and the team."

Regarding the performance of defender Gimenez, the Argentinian coach said: "He is a very important player for us, and when he is in full fitness, we need him at this level of performance."

He also commented on the team's performance in the first half of the match, saying: "I don't think it was our best first half away from home this season, because we also performed well against Espanyol and Mallorca, but since we didn't score at that time, it seemed like we weren't at our level. Today we repeated an important first half, and we could have finished it with a bigger score."

Regarding the injury of player Barrios, Simeone explained: "We will know tomorrow or the day after. The doctors will announce the details of his condition, as he felt discomfort in the adductor muscle."

The Atletico Madrid coach continued his talk about the importance of winning away, saying: "I give this victory the value it deserves. We tried to achieve it in previous matches and we didn't succeed, so we need to continue on this path and prepare well for the next Saturday match."

As for the substitutions he made during the match, Simeone concluded his statements by saying: "They were reciprocal changes, Alex replaced Julian to be ready for counterattacks, and Antoine replaced Alex to see the passes as Baina did. Their work was also important to keep the net clean."