Simone Impressed with Griezmann's progress

Diego Simeone was delighted with the impact made by
Antoine Griezmann, Jackson Martinez and Tiago
against Getafe.

Diego Simeone again paid tribute to Antoine Griezmann after the
forward's double sealed victory for Atletico Madrid over Getafe
at the Vicente Calderon.

The France international scored after four minutes and wrapped
up the 2-0 win in stoppage time on Tuesday to take his
goalscoring tally up to five in 2015-16.

Simeone has been impressed with Griezmann's progress and
said his future was completely dependent on the player himself.
"He is in a very good moment," the Argentine head coach said of
the 24-year-old.

"He has grown a huge amount and is a very important player for
the team. His future will depend just on him."

The victory was far from straightforward, with Getafe enjoying
much of the play in between Griezmann's two goals and
missing a golden opportunity to equalise through Pedro Leon.

Simeone hailed the impact of Tiago and Jackson Martinez, who
both came off the substitutes' bench in the second half and
changed the momentum of the game before playing a part in the
crucial second goal.

"Tiago is a very important player for us, he is the brains of our
team. He interprets what the team needs and that is a quality
that improves with age," added Simeone.

"When he entered the pitch, the team changed and stopped
suffering. We improved from that moment and had more
control. We are happy with the squad we have and it is clear
that it is very difficult to have two Tiagos.

"[Martinez] entered the pitch and did very well. He participated
in assisting the goal for Griezmann and is a player who works
with enthusiasm who will try to meet the expectations placed
upon him."

Atletico have now won four of their opening five La Liga
matches and sit level on points with champions Barcelona, who
have a game in hand against Celta Vigo on Wednesday.

"There were different parts to the game," continued Simeone.

"We scored quite fast and played a lot of the game facing the
other way.

"We did not find solutions to close the game in the middle and
they even had their goal chances but the team improved so
much in the last part of the game."