José Luis Martínez-Almeida, Mayor of Madrid and confessed follower of Athletic, declared this Monday that the Argentine coach Diego Pablo Simeone “The history” of the rojiblanco club has turned from a sporting point of view, which has lived through the best ten years since its foundation in 1903.
The mayor of Madrid attended the Marca newspaper awards gala to present Simeone with the trophy Miguel Munoz to the best coach of last season.
Diego Pablo Simeone, Atlético de Madrid coach, collecting the award from José Luis Martínez-Almeida, mayor of Madrid.
‘Simeone it turned history and it has turned it from a sporting point of view. The last ten years are undoubtedly the best of the club, along with the management of Enrique Cerezo and Miguel Ángel Gil Marín, that have given economic stability. All of this is important but it would not have been possible without ‘Cholo’. He is our marshal or our prophet, “said the mayor of Madrid.
José Luis Martínez-Almeida He also talked about last season, in which his team won the Spanish League in a campaign marked by the pandemic of the COVID–19 that forced to play the games without public in the stands of the stadiums.
THE ANECDOTE ABOUT SIMEONE
“We live in a special situation when we can’t go to the field, but winning gave us immense joy. In my case, I met him. ‘Cholo‘in the month of April, coinciding with the time of my birthday. My friend Enrique Cerezo he set up a meal to which he went with an upset face because things were not very there, “he said.
“During lunch I asked Simeone how was things and he told me that if he thought that winning the League by Real Madrid and Barcelona was easy that is not so. If we win it will be on the last day, although I see the team well, he told me. And he fulfilled as he has been fulfilling the ten years that he has been in charge of the team, “he concluded.
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