The Atletico Madrid coach has heaped praise on the amazing feat achieved by his striker and believes that it will take someone and something special to match his feat.
Last evening saw Colombian striker http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Radamel-Falcao-c30276 score an incredible 5 goals in their La Liga encounter against Deportivo La Coruna.
The last time that such a glorious goal scoring feat was matched was way back in February of 2002, when Real Madrid player http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Fernando-Morientes-c13689 went on to score 5 against Las Palmas in the league.
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Diego-c11058 Simeone was full of praise for his striker and stated that it would take someone a very long time to match the heroics of the Colombian.
“I am happy for what happened. He is loved by the fans and his teammates respect him,” Simeone enthused afterwards.”
“He always wants more and this is a historic day. I do not know if someone will repeat five goals in a game for Atletico. When he has the chances then it is difficult for him to stop.”
Falcao’s five helped Atletico beat Deportivo 6-0 and relieve the coach from some un-deserved pressure.
Simeone was being singled out after Atletico’s two straight defeats, one of them coming by the hands of their fiercest rivals Real Madrid.
The largely anticipated win was welcomed at http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Vicente-c36001 Calderon and the atmosphere was jubilant as Falcao made history.
The scoring was opened by Los Rojiblancos other striker http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Diego-Costa-c11116, and his goal was followed by five of the very best by the Colombian.
“I have said that we needed to be competitive. He is powerful and conveys fear to the opposing defences. We have very good strikers here, with him, Falcao and http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Adrián-c3701, every game we are strong,” said Simeone.
Falcao, nick-named “Tiger”, became only the second player in Atletico Madrid’s history to score five in a single game, after Vava in 1958.
The Colombian international’s goals included a perfect hat-trick which constituted of a header, a penalty and a brilliant solo goal.
Atletico’s win has seen them retain their 5 point lead over arch rivals Real Madrid and trail league leaders http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Barcelona-c38604 by 6 points.
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