This Thursday they will be measured in the Alfonso Pérez, he Getafe and the Atlético de Madrid. For the vast majority they are the two most worked teams in the entire First Division. A job that annoys more than one rival because they make them very uncomfortable rivals that over the years have brought them a lot of criticism. Two very similar stories of two technicians who are the true leaders of their teams, as in the case of José Bordalás and Diego Pablo Simeone.
Both arrived at Madrid clubs at a difficult time to change the reality of a club. Bordalás appeared in the Getafe on September 27, 2016. The team was second to last with six points in the first seven days, and eleven points from the sixth place area. He finished the season third and was promoted through the 'play-off'. In his first campaign in the First Division he finished eighth after struggling to get into Europe and last season he finished sixth although much of the course came in fourth place. Valencia ended up beating him. Since he occupies this season in which he aims to repeat in the Europa League.
Similar was the story of Simeone because he came to Atlético de Madrid also at a very difficult time. A change of era had caused the departures of Agüero, Forlán and De Gea, and player arrivals that would be very important like Falcao, Diego Ribas, Miranda or Courtois. However Gregorio Manzano He did not know how to hit the key and his team was bordering the descent and eliminated from the Copa del Rey by a Second B. Cholo came in January the team struggled to get into Champions until the last day of the championship, he won the Europa League and a few months later the European Super Cup. They were the first months of a magical story after which came a League, a Copa del Rey, a Spain Supercup, one more Europa League and one more European Super Cup. Without forgetting the two runners-up in the Champions League and another two in the League. Numbers that have placed Atlético among the greats of Europe.
Intensity is the main characteristic of Getafe of Bordalás and of Athletic of Simeone. Two coaches who have had no trouble throwing compliments in public. The man from Alicante pointed out in his day that “the appearance of Cholo has shown that by playing differently, many successes can be achieved”. While the Argentine came out in defense of the Azuló, noting that “everyone can have the opinion they want, they are free to express themselves, but in life reality is the only thing that counts and that of the Getafe it is extraordinary. I do not share the extremes, one style is quickly discredited to praise another. It's okay for people to think differently. If we all thought there was only one way, life would be very boring. “
Some words that have been very different when they have come from other points. “This has been a game to call it in some way, because I do not interpret it as such, I interpret it as something else. There has been no continuity, with some regularity there have been interruptions, problems and for us it is not like the ones we used to play, “he said in his day Quique Setién of Bordalás when the first was a coach for Lugo and the second for Alcorcón. Your now ward, De jong he went on to say after the azulones won the Ajax 2-0 that “the Getafe he does not play to entertain the public. I find it annoying to watch their games. ”
And is that his game has sparked many criticisms for that reason the Cholo He has had no problem assuring that his ‘football bothers’: “When I arrived I said that I aspired to be a bothersome team. But over time we begin to be something more because we have achieved regularity, which is the most difficult thing in football. Years go by and things always happen. Now we continue competing ”.
This Thursday the faces will be seen in a match in which, of course, the effort will not be negotiated in either team.