Bench duel between two coaches well known to the fans of the Atlético de Madrid. On the local side a Fran Scribe who was part of the technical staff of Quique Sánchez Flores as second coach in the rojiblancos' stage of success with the titles of the Europa League and the European Super Cup.
On the other hand, Diego Pablo Simeone, obviously, the most successful coach in the history of the mattress club. Both will repeat this Saturday a duel on the same benches and on the same stage seven years after the previous one.
On that occasion in which they coincided, on December 6, 2014, the Madrid team won by (0-2) at the stadium Martinez Valero.
During these seven years, the Argentine coach has always remained on the benchl Atlético de Madrid, While Scribe went through teams like Getafe, Villarreal or Celta Vigo before returning in February this year to Elche.
In addition to this precedent between the two coaches with these teams there is one more, from the 2013-14 season, in which the Madrid team won the championship, with a new away victory (0-2).
In the direct duels between the two coaches, the Argentine clearly wins, although the Valencian achieved two victories in the same season in his first campaign in the Villarreal.
We are talking about a balance of ten games played, with only two wins for the Valencian and seven for the Argentine and a draw, 14 goals for him. Athletic and four for Scribe. However, it can be said that the now technician of the Elche finally he has taken the point from his rival because after a disastrous start in the confrontations between the two, six consecutive defeats with Elche Y Getafe without even scoring a single goal Athletic; In these last four duels, two victories and a draw, with only one defeat, for the rival of the Cholo this afternoon.