Simeone: Barcelona are among the best but the game must be played until the end Supercopa | Barcelona vs Atletico Praised Llorente and Correa

Barcelona were winning 2-1 in their Supercopa de Espana semi-final against Atletico Madrid with nine minutes to go, but Diego Simeone was confident that if his team scored one goal they would go on to grab the win.

The Argentine analysed their 3-2 victory against the Blaugrana and explained why his team had such a defensive approach.

"The plan is always to play, but the opponents were very good," he said during his post-match press conference.

"We sought refuge in defending well, but we could neither hit on the counter-attack nor escape their pressure.

"After the break we started with a goal that gave us strength but they responded with a worrying attacking rhythm.

"Their goals arrived, but the substitution of [Marcos] Lllorente and [Angel] Correa playing as a striker gave us air.

"We were another team, you could see that if we would equalise, we would win."

Simeone went on to stress that Barcelona's mistake was in not killing off the game.

"Barcelona are one step above the rest," he continued.

"They are one of the best in the world, but the game must be played until the end.

"We deserve that qualification and we will play another final."

Atleti will face Real Madrid in the Supercopa final which will kick off at 19:00 CET on Sunday.

"[Real Madrid] played a very nice game [against Valencia]," he noted.

"Teams can play with five midfielders and not be defensive.

"They play to win, they qualified fairly and on Sunday we will have a tough game without a doubt."