Atlético is waiting for the result of tonight at Real Madrid-Sevilla to know if he depends on himself in the last three days to win the league title. A team used to fighting for titles and settled in Champions since the arrival of Simeone, where the next campaign faces the eighth in a row in the maximum continental competition.
But nine years ago the history of the club with Cholo would begin to change. On May 9, 2012, Atlético lifted their first title with the Argentine coach on the bench, beating Athletic 3-0 in the Europa League final contested in Bucharest with a stellar performance by Radamel Falcao. The Colombian left a golden double that once again showed that he was a footballer who grew up in the big events. The first with his left foot after cutting and putting the ball to the long post impossible for Iraizoz and the second with a spectacular maneuver in the area stepping on the ball, seating the defender and beating the Athletic goalkeeper again with his theoretical less skillful leg.
Diego Ribas would put the lace in the last minutes with another great goal in a great individual action in a final where all the rojiblancos players were at a high level. Simeone lined up an eleven formed by Courtois, Juanfran, Miranda, Godín, Filipe, Mario Suárez, Gabi, Diego, Arda Turan, Adrián and Falcao. A gala eleven that combined a great counterattack with the possibility of creating in static, with Diego and Arda putting the magic and a fantastic ending of Mario and Gabi in the double pivot.
Since then, six more titles have arrived (LaLiga, another Europa League, the Copa del Rey, two European Super Cup and the Spanish Super Cup) that place Simeone as the most awarded coach in the club's history. And this course is fighting for another title in the league competition, where only Atlético del Cholo in the 2013-14 season ended the duopoly of Barcelona and Real Madrid, who have shared the trophies between the two since the 2004-05 season. Nine years of a historic final and that began the path of success with Simeone at the helm of the club.