Diego Simeone

argentine football coach and former musician

Simeone and the second or maternal family name is González. In this spanish name, the first or parental surname isand the second or parental family name is Diego Pablo Simeone González ( spanish pronunciation : [ ˈdjeɣo ˈpaβlo simeˈone ] ; italian : [ ˈdjɛːɡo simeˈoːne, ˈdjeː- ] ; [ 4 ] [ 5 ] born 28 April 1970 ), nicknamed El Cholo ( [ elevated railway ˈtʃolo ] ), is an Argentine professional football coach and former player who played as a midfielder ; he has been the director of Atlético Madrid since December 2011. Simeone is considered a fabled design in the history of Atlético Madrid ascribable to his achievements as a player and director with them. [ 6 ] [ 7 ] [ 8 ]

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In his club career that started in 1987, Simeone played in Argentina, Italy, and Spain for Vélez Sarsfield, Pisa, Sevilla, Atlético Madrid, Inter Milan, Lazio, and Racing Club. He won a domestic double with Atlético Madrid in 1996, and the UEFA Cup with Inter in 1998, besides winning another domestic double with Lazio in 2000, american samoa well as the 1999 UEFA Super Cup and the 2000 Supercoppa Italiana. Simeone was capped over 100 times for the Argentina national team and represented the country at the 1994, 1998, and 2002 FIFA World Cups, and in four editions of the Copa América, winning the tournament in 1991 and 1993. He besides won the King Fahd Cup in 1992 and a silver decoration at the 1996 Summer Olympic games. As a coach, Simeone has coached Argentine sides Racing Club, Estudiantes de La Plata, River Plate, and San Lorenzo and italian club Catania before joining spanish club Atlético Madrid in 2011. He won the Argentine Primera División both with Estudiantes and River Plate and has had his biggest managerial success with Atlético Madrid, winning La Liga doubly, the Copa del Rey, two UEFA Europa Leagues, two UEFA Super Cups, angstrom well as being runner-up of the UEFA Champions League twice. Simeone is the longest-serving director in La Liga, having stayed a decade at Atlético .

Club career [edit ]

When Simeone was 14, his young bus Victorio Spinetto nicknamed him “ Cholo “, as his energetic play reminded him of former Boca Juniors musician and Argentine external Carmelo Simeone ( no relation ) who possessed the nickname. [ 9 ] After starting his career with Vélez Sarsfield, Simeone moved to italian Serie A club Pisa in 1990. The golf club was relegated in his first season and, after it failed to gain promotion the follow year, Simeone was sold to Sevilla in the spanish La Liga. Simeone played two seasons in Seville, after which he was signed by Atlético Madrid. At Atlético, he was separate of the team which won the double of the Liga championship and Copa del Rey during the 1995–96 season. In 1997, Simeone returned to Serie A with Inter Milan, [ 10 ] and played two broad seasons, winning the 1997–98 UEFA Cup in a english spearheaded by Ronaldo up front. In 1999, Simeone joined colleague Argentines Néstor Sensini, Matías Almeyda and Juan Sebastián Verón at Sven-Göran Eriksson ‘s Lazio. The side had gone close to the Scudetto in the season before Simeone ‘s arrival and he helped deliver the championship after a season, where Juventus led the standings by two points going into the last day. A Juve loss at showery Perugia coupled with Lazio ‘s comfortable home win over Reggina at the Stadio Olimpico ensured Simeone ‘s foremost Serie A title. After winning the double in Spain, he would then add the italian double as Lazio edged out Inter to claim the 1999–2000 Coppa Italia. He went on to play three more seasons in Rome, which included more last sidereal day drama as Simeone ‘s goal against former club Inter on the last day of the 2001–02 campaign effectively ruined his old employers ‘ title dream. After cancelling his contract with Lazio, [ 11 ] Simeone returned to Atlético Madrid in 2003, [ 12 ] spending his following two seasons there. In full, he played in 165 matches for Atlético, scoring 31 goals. In December 2004, it was confirmed that he would leave Europe and restitution to Argentina to finish his playing career with Racing Club. [ 13 ]

International career [edit ]

In 1992, Simeone represented the Argentina under-23 team at the 1992 CONMEBOL Pre-Olympic Tournament in Paraguay, which saw Argentina fail to qualify for the 1992 Summer Olympics. [ 14 ] For the Argentina senior team, Simeone amassed 106 caps, [ 15 ] the inaugural coming in 1988. Simeone won the 1991 and 1993 editions of the Copa América with Argentina. He played in the 1994, 1998, and 2002 FIFA World Cups. He was a penis of the team that won the silver medal decoration at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia, as one of the three over-23 players allowed per team. As a midfielder, Simeone scored 11 goals for his state, including one in the final of the 1992 King Fahd Cup .
Simeone ( second base from left, lower row ) with the Argentina team that won the 1991 Copa América held in Chile During the 1998 World Cup, England ‘s David Beckham was sent off for kicking Simeone in retaliation for a foul ( see besides Argentina–England football competition ). Simeone former said he simulated the injury from the kick in order to get Beckham sent off. [ 16 ] Sports Illustrated was critical of the Argentinian ‘s theatrics in that incident, stating Simeone first delivered a “ bumbling challenge ” on Beckham and then “ fell like a long ton of bricks ” when Beckham retaliated. [ 17 ] In the follow match, against the Netherlands, Simeone was injured by a harness from Arthur Numan during his team ‘s kill. [ 18 ] In the 2002 World Cup, his last, Argentina was eliminated in the group degree, which included a 1–0 loss to England in which Beckham converted a punishment. Simeone said he was “ abashed ” at having surpassed Diego Maradona as Argentina ‘s most capped player, though Simeone has since been surpassed by Roberto Ayala, Javier Mascherano, Javier Zanetti, and Lionel Messi. [ 15 ]

style of play [edit ]

Simeone was regarded as a dogged, versatile, hard-working and arrant two-way midfielder who was fluid, good in the air, and adequate to both of winning balls and starting attacking plays, while besides having a preference for scoring several goals himself. This enabled him to play anywhere in midfield throughout his career, although he was normally deployed in the center in a box-to-box or defensive midfield function. [ 19 ] [ 20 ] [ 21 ] He was besides used in an dysphemistic midfield function on occasion, even if it was not his optimum play position. [ 22 ] A talented yet agonistic actor, he was chiefly known for his leadership, tactical versatility, intelligence, intensity and stamen, [ 23 ] although he was besides praised by pundits for his proficiency, vision and pass range. [ 19 ] [ 23 ] Simeone once described his dash as “ holding a knife between his tooth ”. [ 19 ] His main inspirations as a musician were brazilian midfielder Falcão and german midfielder Lothar Matthäus. [ 24 ]

Managerial career [edit ]

early years [edit ]

Simeone ended his play career for Racing Club, playing his end match on 17 February 2006, and then became coach for the lapp team. After a harsh start, the team made an impressive polish in the 2006 Clausura. When a new club president was elected, Simeone left Racing in May 2006 and was replaced by Reinaldo Merlo. On 18 May, Simeone became head passenger car of Estudiantes de La Plata and soon led them to their first league title in 23 years after defeating Boca Juniors 2–1 in a final examination catch played on 13 December 2006. In an October 2006 poll in the sports daily Olé, Simeone was voted as the best director in the Argentine league. [ 25 ] He was besides praised as a “ bear coach ” by former Argentine external Roberto Perfumo. [ 26 ] Simeone left Estudiantes after the goal of the 2007 Apertura, where Estudiantes was not a rival after a poor get down, but had a strong finish of nine games without kill. On 15 December 2007, Simeone was unveiled as the new River Plate bus, succeeding Daniel Passarella. The contract was reported to be for one class, starting on 3 January 2008. [ 27 ] After an early elimination in the Copa Libertadores, losing to San Lorenzo in the second round, Simeone and River Plate went on to win the 2008 Clausura championship after beating Olimpo 2–1 in the Monumental. [ 28 ] On 7 November 2008, Simeone announced his resignation as bus of River Plate after their elimination in the quarter-finals of the 2008 Copa Sudamericana by Mexican side Chivas and a poor run of form of 11 domestic matches without a win, which left them buttocks of the Primera División Argentina with only six matches remaining. [ 29 ] [ 30 ] On 15 April 2009, Simeone joined San Lorenzo to replace Miguel Ángel Russo following the club ‘s exit in the beginning round of the 2009 Copa Libertadores. [ 31 ] On 3 April 2010, Simeone resigned from San Lorenzo due to poor results and mounting criticism. [ 32 ]

Catania and Racing Club [edit ]

On 19 January 2011, Simeone flew to Sicily to join Serie A slope Catania, replacing Marco Giampaolo, who left the club just hours earlier. [ 33 ] [ 34 ] On 1 June 2011, Simeone left his post after helping Catania stave off delegating. [ 35 ] On 21 June 2011, Simeone was named as the new bus of Racing Club for a second spell in charge, replacing Miguel Ángel Russo, who had resigned the week prior. [ 36 ]

Atlético Madrid [edit ]

2011–13 : Europa League and Copa del Rey exuberate [edit ]

On 23 December 2011, Simeone was unveiled as the modern Atlético Madrid bus, succeeding Gregorio Manzano, who had been dismissed the day before following get the better of to third-tier Albacete in the Copa del Rey. His first game as Atlético coach was a 0–0 away pull against Manuel Pellegrini ‘s Malaga. His beginning temper ended with the team winning the UEFA Europa League by beating Athletic Bilbao 3–0 in the final in Bucharest. [ 37 ] On 31 August 2012, his Atlético side won the UEFA Super Cup after defeating Chelsea 4–1 at the Stade Louis II in Monaco. In the domestic league, the team made an impressive start to the season, finishing the first half in second place, behind entirely Barcelona and above city rivals veridical Madrid. finally, Simeone led the team to a third-place eat up in the league, which at the time was the best end in 17 years for Atlético. On 17 May 2013, he won the Copa del Rey after Atlético defeated rivals Real Madrid 2–1 at the Santiago Bernabéu Stadium .

2013–17 : La Liga acquire and Champions League finals [edit ]

Atlético began the 2013–14 season with a similar squad to their prior season, despite selling headliner musician Radamel Falcao to Monaco for a reported €60 million fee. They besides acquired David Villa from Barcelona on a free transmit. [ 38 ] While the season began with a kill to Barça in the 2013 Supercopa de España, the team recorded eight-straight victories in La Liga, the best league beginning in club history. This included a 1–0 away win at the Santiago Bernabéu against Real Madrid, making Simeone the first Atlético coach since Claudio Ranieri in 1999 to record a league victory there. Atlético finished the first half of the temper in beginning place in La Liga, floor on points with Barcelona at 47. In the last round of the temper, on 17 May, Atlético needed at least a attract in the Camp Nou against Barcelona to be crowned champions for the first time since 1996, while a loss would give the title to Barcelona. A Diego Godín header from a corner kick in the 48th moment gave Atlético an equalizer and the draw they needed to win their tenth league title and beginning since 1996, when Simeone himself was an Atlético player. Simeone became the second Argentine coach after Helenio Herrera to pass Atlético a spanish championship, and the moment coach after Luis Aragonés to win it both as a player and as a coach of the team. Under Simeone, Atlético collected 90 points in La Liga, surpassing its 1996 record of 87, making the 2013–14 season the most successful in club history. [ 39 ] besides in 2013–14, Atlético finished top of their Champions League group and qualified for the quarter-finals with a 5–1 aggregate win over Milan in the cycle of 16. This was the inaugural time they had reached the Champions League quarter-finals since 1996–97, when Simeone played for the team. In the quarter-finals, Atlético defeated Barcelona 2–1 on aggregate from Simeone ‘s tactic of cutting the swift-passing midfield of Barcelona in two, therefore denying them space and isolating Xavi and Andrés Iniesta from forwards Lionel Messi and Neymar. In the semi-finals, Atlético defeated José Mourinho ‘s Chelsea 3–1 at Stamford Bridge following a scoreless pull at home to reach the Champions League concluding for only the second time in club history, the first being in 1974. [ 40 ] Atlético was the only undefeated team in the Champions League anterior to the final examination, recording nine wins and three draws, and had the best defense in the competition, conceding only 6 goals in 12 matches. In the final on 24 May 2014, Atlético faced city rivals veridical Madrid at the Estádio district attorney Luz in Lisbon. Despite leading from Diego Godín ‘s header, Atlético conceded a belated equalizer in the 93rd minute of the match. The goal hampered Atlético ‘s morale, and the team ended up losing 4–1 after extra fourth dimension, with Simeone losing the opportunity to be the third base Argentine coach to win the Champions League, after Luis Carniglia and Helenio Herrera. After the final goal, Real Madrid ‘s Raphaël Varane kicked the ball towards Simeone, causing Simeone to run onto the gear in anger. He was sent to the stands, and Varane was booked for the incident. Reflecting, Simeone said, “ I besides made a error with my reaction. He ‘s a young guy with a bright future. ” [ 41 ] Simeone besides admitted a mistake in selecting striker Diego Costa to start the meet, as he had been recently injured and was forced off after eight minutes. [ 42 ] In the summer of 2014, Chelsea acquired Diego Costa, Filipe Luís and Thibaut Courtois from Atlético, and besides David Villa moved to the MLS. In reply, Atlético acquired striker Mario Mandžukić from Bayern Munich, goalkeeper Jan Oblak from Benfica and forwards Antoine Griezmann from Real Sociedad and Ángel Correa from San Lorenzo, and recovered young midfielder Saúl who was on loan at Rayo Vallecano. The season started with Atlético defeating city rivals Real Madrid for the spanish Super Cup in August and repeating the previous year ‘s victory in the Bernabéu for the league in September. In January, the team acquired Fernando Torres on lend from Milan. however, Atlético finished the league in third base invest and was eliminated in the UEFA Champions League quarter-finals by Real Madrid 1–0, on aggregate. Before the start of the 2015–16 season, Filipe Luís returned from Chelsea with the team besides acquiring Montenegrin defender Stefan Savić and belgian midfielder Yannick Carrasco. Mario Mandžukić left for Juventus. In 2015–16, Atlético was the team with the best defensive record in Europe ‘s “ big five ” leagues, entirely allowing 18 goals scored against them in 38 La Liga games. Atlético was besides the team with the most clean sheets in their games. The team was contending the league entitle until the last fastness against Barcelona and Real Madrid, settling for third base with 88 points. In the UEFA Champions League, Simeone led Atlético to their second Champions League final in three seasons, becoming the first Argentine director since Héctor Cúper to reach two Champions League finals. Atlético had defeated PSV on penalties during the round of 16, drum defending champions Barcelona 3–2 on aggregate and favourites Bayern Munich 2–2, going through on away goals, setting up a recur of the 2014 final again facing very Madrid. The match ended 1–1 after supernumerary time leading to a punishment gunfight. Juanfran was the merely player to miss his gripe, enabling Cristiano Ronaldo to score Real ‘s last position kick, condemning Atlético to a second Champions League final defeat in three seasons .
Simeone in 2017 In the summer of 2016, Atlético purchased advancing Kevin Gameiro from Sevilla, midfielder Nicolás Gaitán from Benfica, and defender Šime Vrsaljko from Sassuolo. They besides acquired the rights to Fernando Torres ( previously on loanword from Milan ). The team again finished third in the league and lost in the UEFA Champions League semi-finals, again to Real Madrid .

2017–21 : irregular Europa League and La Liga victories [edit ]

On 5 September 2017, Simeone extended his shrink with Atlético for two more years, until June 2020. [ 43 ] In the 2017–18 season, Atlético would finish in second base place in La Liga, behind Barcelona but ahead of city rivals very Madrid. [ 44 ] In the 2017–18 UEFA Champions League group stage, Atlético did not advance and dropped to the 2017–18 UEFA Europa League. In January 2018, Diego Costa returned to Atlético from Chelsea. On 16 May 2018, the team won the 2018 UEFA Europa League Final against Marseille. [ 45 ] Simeone was sent to the stands in the inaugural leg of the semi-finals against Arsenal and was suspended. He was forced to watch the second leg and concluding from the stands. [ 46 ] In the 2018–19 season, Atlético bought Thomas Lemar from AS Monaco [ 47 ] and Rodri from Villarreal, [ 48 ] and in January 2019 acquired Álvaro Morata on loanword from Chelsea, [ 49 ] while longtime team captain Gabi signed for Qatari club Al-Sadd before the originate of the season. [ 50 ] The team again finished second in the league behind Barcelona and ahead of city rivals real Madrid. In the Champions League, they advanced to the first hard turn, where they were eliminated by Juventus, winning the first leg 2–0 at the Wanda Metropolitano but losing the come back leg 3–0 in Turin. Simeone guided his side into the concluding 16 of UEFA Champions League for the one-sixth time since he came to reign in 2011, while before his arrival Atlético had entirely done so 7 times in 60 years. [ 51 ] On 11 March 2020, Atletico Madrid eliminated the reigning european champions Liverpool with a 3–2 triumph after extra-time at Anfield, winning 4–2 on aggregate, after Saul secured a 1–0 first-leg win in the reversion via a 5th-minute strike. [ 52 ] On 27 June 2020, Simeone won his 195th game in the top-flight of spanish football as Atleti beat Deportivo Alavés 2–1 on Saturday. With the exuberate, the Argentine has overtaken the golf club caption, Luis Aragonés ( 194 ), as the coach with the most La Liga wins in the club ’ randomness history. [ 53 ] On 7 July 2020, Simeone overtake John Toshack as the third base bus with the most games managed at a one club in the history of the top-flight of spanish football during Atleti ‘s equal against Celta Vigo, his 323rd plot in La Liga. only Miguel Muñoz ( Real Madrid, 424 ) and, the club legend, Luis Aragonés ( 407 ) remain ahead of him. [ 54 ]
Simeone posing with the La Liga trophy in 2021 For the 2020–21 season, Atlético parted ways with longtime-serving advancing Diego Costa and acquired Luis Suárez after his deviation from Barcelona. The team brought back Yannick Carrasco from Dalian Professional and besides acquired Geoffrey Kondogbia from Valencia, Lucas Torreira on loan from Arsenal and Moussa Dembelé on loan from Lyon, while Thomas Partey left for Arsenal and Álvaro Morata was loaned to Juventus. On 17 October 2020, Simeone reached his two-hundredth gain in the league in a 2–0 away win against Celta Vigo. [ 55 ] On 30 December 2020, he reached his five-hundredth equal in charge of Atletico Madrid in a 1–0 win over Getafe. [ 56 ] On 10 March 2021, Simeone pass Luis Aragonés for the most wins always as coach of the club in a 2–1 home acquire against Athletic Bilbao, his 309th gain overall. [ 57 ] After a 4–0 away get the better of to Bayern Munich and many injuries to key players in November 2020, Simeone modified the constitution of his police squad by introducing a three-man defense mechanism for the first time in his tenure coaching Atlético. In this constitution, Carrasco played as a wing-back, with leave centre-back Mario Hermoso being instructed to besides cover the left-back position when Carrasco moved forward, which made the formation tactically-flexible between a three-man and four-man defense. [ 58 ] After the formational change, Atlético were solidified defensively and began a streak of victories, including a 1–0 home victory against Barcelona. This streak propelled the team to a 10-point lead over real Madrid and Barcelona in the 2020–21 La Liga championship race by February. however, a series of bad results from February to April think of that Atlético were eliminated from the Champions League by Chelsea and Real Madrid closed the league gap to two points before the final examination matchday, meaning Atlético needed a victory in the final La Liga round to win the championship. Thanks to a Suárez goal in the 67th moment, Atlético Madrid managed finally to win their second La Liga championship under Simeone, after a 2–1 away win over real Valladolid on the final match day. [ 59 ] On 8 July 2021, Atleti announced their extension to Simeone ‘s contract until 2024, and in the same announcement it was besides made known that the members of his coaching staff had besides renewed their contracts. [ 60 ]

Tactics [edit ]

Simeone in 2013 Simeone ‘s favored formation is the 4–4–2, which he foremost practised when he was director of Estudiantes de la Plata in 2006. In this formation, the two wingers move at heart and act like attacking midfielders, creating space for the full backs and fluidity in the attack, effectively being a 4–2–2–2 when the team is on the nauseating. The two holding midfielders provide the defensive muscle needed to win midfield battles. Utilizing this geological formation, Simeone ‘s Estudiantes won the 2006 Apertura by beating Boca Juniors 2–1 while being down to ten men from the first half. It is basically this formation that Simeone besides utilizes at Atlético Madrid. Simeone has listed his coach influences being Marcelo Bielsa, Sven-Göran Eriksson, Alfio Basile, Victorio Spinetto, Luigi Simoni, Carlos Bilardo, and Radomir Antić. [ 61 ] When he was coach at River Plate, a team graced with the attacking talents of Radamel Falcao, Alexis Sánchez, Ariel Ortega, Mauro Rosales, Diego Buonanotte, Augusto Fernández, and Sebastián Abreu, Simeone played an aggressive 3–3–1–3 formation evocative of those used by influential director ( and Simeone ‘s mentor ) Marcelo Bielsa. [ 62 ] Using this formation, River won the 2008 Clausura, but in the next season, with Sánchez having returned to Udinese and several players suffering from injuries, the 3–3–1–3 backfired and River finished bottom of the table, with Simeone being sacked in the process. [ 63 ] A common feature of speech of Simeone ‘s teams is defensive concentration and quick counter-attacks. Their defend consists of two stages : deep defending in their own defensive third base in a constrict 4–4–2 consisting of two closely connected defensive lines of four players, and counter-pressing in their opponents ‘ third base to win the ball high up the gear. When the ball is won, the team attack as a unit, deploying their fluid 4–2–2–2 formation, with the forwards often shifting to the flanks to create even more space. [ 64 ] [ 65 ] In defense, the key estimate is to force opponents into across-the-board areas, gain numeric laterality in the ball ‘s zone and steal the ball or force the adversary into a backward pass. [ 65 ] Counter-pressing consists of reducing an opposing team ‘s outer space, disrupting their build-up and reducing the total of “ safe ” positions for opponents ‘ motion on the pitch, therefore eliminating goal threats. [ 65 ] Claudio Ranieri ‘s Premier League -winning 2015–16 Leicester City team has been compared to Simeone ‘s Atletico Madrid for upsetting bigger teams by besides playing a narrow 4–4–2 and being compendious in defense and midfield. [ 66 ] [ 67 ] In the short time he managed italian slope Catania in 2011, he switched between a 4–2–3–1 and a 4–3–1–2 in decree to bring out the best from playmaker Adrián Ricchiuti while employing many of the counter-attacking features that would subsequently become his trademark at Atlético. Ricchiuti was tasked with linking the midfield and attack and creating chances for whichever of Maxi López, Gonzalo Bergessio and Francesco Lodi were selected up front. Simeone said he did not want to “ fossilise [ himself ] with a rigid tactic, ” saying managers can not have a front-runner formation “ for the childlike fact that we have to adapt not to what we like but to what we have to work with ”. [ 68 ] His players stayed covenant and pin down when defending, with the widemen – two of Ezequiel Schelotto, Giuseppe Mascara, Raphael Martinho and Alejandro Gómez – expected to drop second and tuck in when out of possession ; meanwhile, playmaker Ricchiuti and the central striker – more much than not López – moved back into midfield quite than pressing the centre-backs, with the aim being preventing elementary passes into the middle of the flip. [ 68 ] Simeone is besides renowned for his attention to detail and quick adaptability to a game ‘s changing situations. During his clock time as director of Atlético Madrid, he has placed emphasis on creating chances from set-pieces, while not allowing the opposition to create chances from set-pieces. several crucial goals, including the one that gave Atlético the 2014 La Liga title, have been scored from set-pieces. [ 69 ] While his teams are n’t known for controlling possession, they are lauded for controlling the footstep and space in which a game is played. He is agile in making tactical changes to influence a game ‘s consequence. In the 2015–16 UEFA Champions League semi-final against Bayern in Munich, with his team down 1–0 after 45 minutes, he moved Saúl Ñíguez from the correct wing to a holding midfielder position, changing the 4–4–2 to a 4–1–4–1 formation with Yannick Carrasco and Antoine Griezmann on the flanks. While on wallpaper Saúl was apparently out of his normal place in this function, in effect this change meant that midfielders Gabi and Koke, who were overwhelmed in the first half by Bayern ‘s atmospheric pressure, would now be shielded by Saúl ‘s presence behind them, and the midfield would regain its much-needed composure. finally, the change had the desired result, with Atlético equalizing through Griezmann and advancing to the Champions League final. [ 70 ] [ 71 ] Simeone has besides earned praise for instilling confidence and discipline in his players, which has helped his teams emerge victorious under adverse conditions. For model, in the last plot of 2014 ‘s La Liga, at the Camp Nou against Barcelona, when Atlético needed a draw to win the championship, both Diego Costa and Arda Turan were taken out of the game due to injury in the beginning half, and Barcelona opened the score. however, Simeone was able to rally his team at half-time and Godin ‘s heading in the second half gave them the much needed drawing card. Simeone said : “ At half-time I told them to be relaxed. In the beginning half we did well. I knew if we scored, it would cost them. That ‘s what happened. There was an perplex collective attempt from everyone. ” [ 72 ] During a leg in the 2017–18 UEFA Europa League semi-final against Arsenal at the Emirates Stadium, Atlético were playing without key players Diego Costa, Juanfran, Filipe Luís and Vitolo, and in the tenth minute, Šime Vrsaljko was sent off with a red circuit board, followed by Simeone being besides sent off. Despite playing with ten men, without their coach at the bench, with most players in makeshift positions, and enjoying only 24 % of ball self-control, the team lost neither its shape nor its composure, finally holding out to a 1–1 guide that was adequate for them to progress to the final. [ 73 ] “ Simeone taught us to enjoy suffer, ” Arda Turan said in 2015, supporting this find that the Argentinean coach is a valet who takes the best things out of bad situations. [ 62 ] Diego Godin has besides said about his director : “ The players would die for him [ Simeone ]. He gives impression that we can compete against much bigger teams. We have bang-up confidence in him, we are with him to the death and besides he with us – and that shows on the lurch. I believe the whole team has confidence in the coach and we all know the path we have to take : he marks the manner for us and we go with him until the end. That is how you achieve things. ” [ 74 ] [ 75 ] In the 2020–21 season, amid COVID-19 and injury crisis among the team ‘s forwards, Simeone experimented with back three formations, such as 5–3–2 and 3–5–2. [ 76 ] This saw them adapt to a new, more possession-heavy style, averaging the majority of possession over the season for the first time since their triumphant 2013–14 season. [ 77 ]

personal life [edit ]

Simeone ‘s sons Giovanni and Gianluca are professional footballers, presently playing for Hellas Verona and CD Ibiza respectively. [ 79 ] His one-third son, Giuliano, has been seen as a ball-boy for Atlético Madrid. [ 80 ] Simeone besides has two daughters, Francesca and Valentina, with exemplary Carla Pereyra. [ 81 ] Simeone and Pereyra got married in June 2019. [ 82 ] On 12 September 2020, Simeone tested positive for COVID-19. [ 83 ]

career statistics [edit ]

cabaret [edit ]

International [edit ]

informant : [ 85 ]
Argentina

Year
Apps
Goals

1988
2
1

1989
3
0

1990
1
0

1991
9
2

1992
3
1

1993
13
1

1994
10
0

1995
8
2

1996
6
2

1997
9
1

1998
12
0

1999
11
1

2000
11
0

2001
6
0

2002
2
0

Total
106
11

International goals [edit ]

Argentina score listed first, score column indicates score after each Simeone goal.[86]

a b The matches against Slovakia League ( 22 June 1995, Mendoza ), in which Simeone scored 1 finish, and against Poland B League ( 20 June 1996, Tucumán ), in which Simeone besides scored 1 goal, were originally considered full international matches by the Argentine FA, but late removed from the list of official matches .

managerial [edit ]

As of match played 4 December 2021

Managerial record by team and tenure

Team

From

Record

Ref.

Racing Club

18 February 2006

4 May 2006

14
5
3
6
0 35.71

Honours [edit ]

player [edit ]

Simeone ( left ) posing with the Copa América trophy in 1993 Atlético Madrid
Inter Milan
Lazio
Argentina
Individual

coach [edit ]

Estudiantes La Plata
River Plate
Atlético Madrid
Individual