Diego Simeone expressed his incomprehension on Saturday, after the continuation of the 12th day of La Liga, while Spain is in mourning by the “floods of the century” which hit the south-east of the country this week.
The drama that Spain has been experiencing for four days has shaken an entire country. Bad weather of unprecedented magnitude hit Spain overnight from Tuesday to Wednesday. The regions most bereaved by these deadly floods are mourning hundreds of deaths.
According to a latest report communicated on Saturday by Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez, the floods have left at least 211 dead this week, most of the missing having perished in the Valencia region. And this terrible toll could increase further in the hours to come.
“It’s very hard”
Thousands of soldiers were deployed to help the victims, continue the search for the missing and reopen the roads to facilitate the delivery of aid.
“It’s moving to see how people help each other with a shovel or whatever they have at hand,” said Atlético coach Diego Simeone, his stomach knotted, sensitive to this momentum of solidarity that has taken hold of Spanish society.
The Cholo, on the other hand, deplored the continuation of the Colchoneros meeting against Las Palmas (Sunday at 2 p.m.) in these troubled times. “It makes no sense to play tomorrow, everything that is happening is very hard,” he fumed.
Two La Liga matches postponed
“There are a lot of people having a really bad time, it’s very sad for everyone. But we were told to keep playing so… here we are,” he concluded. Despite the criticism addressed to La Liga and the Federation (RFEF), the 12th day of the Spanish championship began on Friday and will continue from 2 p.m. this Saturday.
The Valencia-Real Madrid meeting and the match which was to pit Villarreal, north of Valencia, against Rayo Vallecano, as well as all the football matches which were planned in the region affected by the “tsunami” were postponed to a later date.
