“win in Manchester is not easy. To the Chelsea neither, in Liverpool neither… All those people (red and white) who are now going home will always remember him”. The words of Diego Pablo Simeoncoach of Atletico Madridstill on the lawn Old Trafford They highlighted a reality. The mattress team is still a rival that nobody wants to have in front of them. Especially if the team in question is English.
And it is that, since the cholos took over the bench Athletic, has done that no one has ever achieved in the history of the competition. As he highlighted choosewith the removal of Manchester Unitedthe mattress team has become the first team in the history of the Champions League in eliminating in crosses three different English teams that have been champions of the competition. He did it with Chelsea in 2014, before the Liverpool in 2020 and the Manchester United in 2022. Almost nothing.
In the competition there are still rivals like the Manchester United, Chelsea and Liverpool. We will see if there is a new crossing that puts the Premier. It is clear that England is good at Atlético. Of the 13 ties against an English rival, the Athletic it happened in ten of them. He just lost to him. Derbi County (1974), Bolton (2008) and Chelsea (2021).
In those that happened were before the Leicester (1961 and 2017), against the Manchester United (1991 and 2022), compared to Aston Villa (1998), Liverpool (2010 and 2020), Chelsea (2014) and Arsenal (2018).
A BRUTAL DATA
Another fact that reflects the brutality of the impact of Diego Pablo Simeon is the one who offered Pedro Martin on the Cadena Cope. Right now, the cholos He is the third coach with the most wins in Champions with the same club. Sum 44, surpassing Ancelotti (39 with the AC Milan) already Guardiola (38 with the Manchester City). They only surpass him Arsene Wenger (82 with the Arsenal) and Alex Ferguson (102 with the Manchester United).
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