Diego Simeone, the coach of Atletico Madrid, spoke after the valuable 2-0 victory over Barcelona in the first leg of the Champions League quarter-finals, emphasizing the difficulty of achieving a win at Camp Nou and the importance of team performance.

Simeone said: "We have never won at Camp Nou, it is very difficult. Barcelona is perhaps the best team in Europe alongside Paris Saint-Germain and Bayern Munich. Through good teamwork, we were able to cause damage at crucial moments. The second goal gave us more security, and it's unfortunate that we didn't capitalize more on the opportunities after the advantage they had last week, which was ours today."

He continued: "I can tell you about thousands of instances in matches where we hit the ball 30 times and didn't score. Football is wonderful because decisiveness is key. Today we were very decisive, whereas on other evenings we weren't."

Simeone added, "We knew what could happen with their advanced line, we worked on it well and were able to cause damage in most matches through these opportunities."

He continued: "The goal was the result of excellent teamwork between Julian and Giuliano, and then Sørloth, as always, was ready for anything that came his way. The result is excellent despite facing an opponent who will certainly make us suffer on Tuesday."

He concluded: "We know ourselves and who we are facing, and they also know who they will be up against. We will try to deliver a good match, and we need the support of our fans more than ever to be strong and push us in what will be a complex encounter."