Atletico, Resino: They didn’t take any risks

Manager Abel Resino bemoaned Atlético’s exit against Porto despite boasting an undefeated record since the group stage began in September.

“We lacked the physical strength to achieve such a goal. Football is often cruel and we are out of the competition despite the fact we didn’t lose a single match from the group stage onwards, while Porto lost two. If we had managed to score a goal here then Porto would have been forced to come forward and we could have taken advantage of that. That didn’t happen and they were always very cautious”.

“This was a completely different game compared to those against Barcelona and Real Madrid. Porto have great speed going forward with their three attackers and there’s not a lot of Spanish teams that play like that. They were better than us in Madrid and tonight they didn’t take any risks”.