Simeone: I feel good when I see passion and today Atletico had passion Atletico Madrid Not concerned about the whistles

Atletico Madrid didn't really impress, but they did scrape a 1-0 victory over Bayer Leverkusen and Diego Simeone was pleased with the passion on show.

Even if there wasn't much in the way of attacking quality, the coach found positives.

"I feel good when I see passion and today the team had passion," he said.

"We can play well or poorly, but there's a path.

"We're close to doing things well."

Some of that passion boiled over into whistles from the fans in the stands, but the coach wasn't too worried about that.

"People are spontaneous," he said.

"We have to try to turn those whistles into applause."

The injury to Jose Maria Gimenez was a clear negative and Simeone was asked about the Uruguayan after the game.

"The doctors will report on him, but we hope it's the least time out as possible," the coach said.