Diego Simeone made the news again, but not because of the successive consequences that he suffered in La Liga and the Copa del Rey in Spain a few weeks ago. This time, Cholo In order to qualify for the historic Champions League, he won all the covers of the newspaperQuarterfinals.
His Atletico Madrid removed Manchester United from the legendary Old Trafford. After a 1-1 draw at the Wanda Metropolitano, the rematch was held in Colconero thanks to the goal of Brazilian Lenan Roddy. In this way, Cristiano Ronaldo's red demon bid farewell to the most important club competition in Europe.
With this global 2-1 win, Atletico de Madrid coached Diego Pablo Simeone after the 2013-2014 season to reach the Champions League quarterfinals for the sixth time in nine editions.By the time the Argentine coach arrived, the Spanish team reached that stage only five times between the 1955-1956 and 2010-2011 seasons.
In addition, since Cholo made his debut in the Champions League, only Pep Guardiola went further to the quarterfinals. The Spanish coach did it eight times, and the German Jürgen Klopp completed the podium five times.
Meanwhile, according to data provided by Silvio Maverino, Atletico Madrid de Simeone became the first cast in the history of the Champions League to eliminate three British teams that were champions in the direct cross of Chelsea (2014), Liverpool (2020) and Manchester United (2022).
Simeone did not hesitate about those who questioned his style of speculation and assured that after the qualifying round, the Cole Conero group “is not ashamed to play again.” In a press conference reproduced by the DPA, Cholo said, “It is a moment of happiness because there are many people in this club who are trying to do things well and they are trying to get away from the irregularities that have plagued us over the past month and a half.
” This team is not ashamed to know what to do to play backwards and not play against a team with many options, such as Manchester United. We could have been hurt several times, but before the end of the first half of the year the goal appeared and in the second half of the year it made one of the highest defensive efforts of the season.” He spoke with the goal of Brazilian Renán Lodi after 1-0.
The irregularity mentioned by DT, who will be 52 years old on the 28th of the following month, “came out after a spectacular season, something that became a champion after a special year in La Liga. And now it is difficult for us to have regularity.However, recently we have shown another energy, and now the transition is much faster and we can hurt our rivals in a counterattack. This is very important to us.”
“After that, how to win the Champions League, we know what it is, but the first thing that concerns and worries us right now is the next league match against Rayo Vallecano. Because I want to give Enrique Cerezo, the president of the club, a victory in the 1,000 official matches of the head of the institution,” he revealed. “And while you can't beat United in Manchester today on that road, it's not easy to beat Chelsea or Liverpool even in England. So all these memories will not be forgotten and will last forever.”
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