Simeone's unusual carelessness in the preview of the Manchester United clash that generated panic at Atletico Madrid

This Tuesday Manchester United and Atlético de Madrid play a momentous duel at Old Trafford in search of the ticket to the Champions League quarterfinals. The result of the match will dictate which team will remain alive in the most important club competition in Europe and which will say goodbye to it prematurely. In such a context, every detail counts and that is why what happened on Monday night seems to be an unprecedented event.

It is that as part of the recognition of the playing field, the Colchonero cast led by Diego Pablo Simeone trained in the stadium where the match will be held. Although the practice was not too demanding, there was time to do a fundamental review in the locker room on tactical aspects. After that talk, the players and the coaching staff got on the bus and returned to the hotel to rest.

Upon arriving at the building, Simeone's helpers warned that nothing less than the blackboard was missing. According to the British website The Sun, after checking the luggage, the coaching staff assumed that they had forgotten it in the dressing room of Old Trafford and when they ran to the bus, Cholo's collaborators warned that he had already left.

The Argentine coach immediately sent one of his trusted men to the stadium to recover the slate where the strategy that Atlético will implement today to achieve the victory that will qualify him for the Champions League quarterfinals had been drawn. Fortunately for the technician, the precious object was recovered and, apparently, no one had touched it.

However, Aleti do not know if any Manchester United employees managed to find the board and take pictures of it before it was recovered. For this reason, there were moments of panic at the hotel of the Spanish team, which today will take the field to seek a key win to save an irregular season.

The carelessness that was made news is undoubtedly unusual in the environment of Simeone, an obsessive coach who is always attentive to every detail. Obviously, someone was not as cautious and careful as they should be at this point in the competition. It will soon be known without that mistake, it will remain in history as a simple anecdote or will cause German coach Ralf Rangnick to gain an unprecedented advantage for his Manchester United.

At the moment there are four teams qualified for the Champions League quarterfinals: Real Madrid, Manchester City, Liverpool and Bayern Munich. This Tuesday, Atletico Madrid and Manchester United will define another of those who advance in the round, as will Ajax and Benfica in the Netherlands, after 2 to 2 in Portugal. On Wednesday, Chelsea will visit Lille after 2-0 in London and Juventus will host Villarreal, to settle the 1 to 1 harvested in Spain. On Friday, the draw will be held that will define the next crosses.

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