Simeone: Give me VAR so that there's justice, there wasn't much before Atletico Madrid Thinks it makes football fairer

Atletico Madrid will take on Cultural Leonesa on Thursday night in the Copa del Rey, but Diego Simeone was keen to discuss an ongoing matter of discussion in LaLiga Santander.

Sevilla were outraged that VAR ruled out their first goal against Real Madrid at the weekend, with Nemanja Gudelj adjusted to have blocked off Raphael Varane prior to Luuk de Jong heading past Thibaut Courtois, yet the Argentine remains in favour of the technology.

"Give me VAR, it makes it clear where the mistakes are," Simeone said.

"And after they tell us what they want to tell us, but mistakes are seen.

"And then when they're not seen and everything is up in the air... I prefer that VAR's errors continue to be committed, surely it is an improvement to have more justice. Before there was not much justice."

Perhaps Los Rojiblancos' best chance of winning silverware will come in the Copa del Rey, a tournament Simeone is taking seriously, starting with their round of 32 match away at Cultural Leonesa.

"As always, it's an important competition for all the teams and we're looking forward to it as much as any competition we play in," he added.

"Cultural are a very strong team at home and in their group [in the Segunda Division B] they are one of the best. We have to be careful."

There have been reports that German 'Mono' Burgos, Simeone's No.2, could leave Atletico at the end of the season to begin his career as a head coach, however the 49-year-old did not want to go discuss Burgos' future for him.

"We've known each other for 25 years, he's a friend, we've been working together for 19 years," Simeone began.

"And when he has to answer and explain everything about what he feels and needs, he'll do it himself."

Edinson Cavani remains Atletico's primary target for the January transfer window, but thus far Los Colchoneros have been unable to reach an agreement with Paris Saint-Germain, so Simeone is only thinking about the players he has at his disposal.

"The only thing I'm worried about is the Copa match, playing a good game and focusing on the day to day," Simeone explained.

"The players who aren't with us, we don't usually talk about them much."