MADRID, 9 Ene. (EUROPA PRESS) –
Diego Pablo Simeone, coach of Atlético de Madrid, will once again face a new derby against Real Madrid this Wednesday in search of the final of the Spanish Super Cup and opt to increase his record with the red and white team, although to do so he must manage to beat a rival that the single party has historically resisted.
The arrival of the Argentine coach undoubtedly changed the course of the mattress entity, which since entrusting its direction at the end of 2011 to the former player has won eight titles, highlighting the two Leagues (2014 and 2021), the 2013 Copa del Rey or two Europa Leagues (2012 and 2018), as well as two Champions League finals in 2014 and 2016.
Furthermore, 'Cholo', despite losing the first three, also managed to rewrite the script that existed at that time in the derbies against Real Madrid, who stopped having statistical superiority and began to suffer more setbacks and even lose titles, although in a single match, statistically, he has smiled more than his rival.
However, the equality has been maximum and in their six all-or-nothing duels with Simeone as the mattress coach, neither of them has been able to win in regulation time, with two penalty shootouts also deciding the winner.
The first time that the two 'neighbors' met in a single match with Simeone on the red and white bench was with a title at stake. On Friday, May 17, 2013, merengues and colchoneros fought for the Copa del Rey at the Santiago Bernabéu. The victory, surely more special because it was in the fiefdom of the great rival, went to Atlético, who overcame Cristiano Ronaldo's initial goal through Diego Costa and, already in extra time, by Joao Miranda.
Real Madrid, with Carlo Ancelotti on the bench, did not take long to take revenge and did so the following year, and in a larger competition such as the Champions League. In May 2014, Lisbon experienced a historic final between the two teams, marked by Sergio Ramos' goal in the 93rd minute that equaled Diego Godín's goal before half-time and left Atlético with honey on their lips to lift for the first time. the 'Orejona' because in extra time, their rival gave them no chance (4-1) to make history and close a historic double after having won the League a week earlier.
Two years later, in Milan, Italy, Real Madrid and Atlético de Madrid repeated the Champions League final, once again marked by maximum equality and which had to be decided in the penalty shootout after goals from Sergio Ramos and Yannick Carrasco. From eleven meters, the team coached by Zinédine Zidane was more accurate, scoring his five shots, while Juanfran Torres' failure once again deprived the colchoneros of continental glory.
It took another two years for the two to meet again in a single match and again with a trophy at stake, this time the European Super Cup after Real Madrid had closed a historic Champions League treble and Atlético had won his second Europa League after 2012 with 'Cholo'. And once again, the duel needed extra time after the tie at two after 90 minutes, and this time the victory went to the red and whites, 4-2, thanks to the goals of the youth players Saúl Ñíguez and Koke Resurrección to bitter the Julen Lopetegui's first big test on the Madrid bench.
SIMEONE AND ANCELOTTI, MAXIMUM EQUALITY ALSO IN THEIR DUELS
In 2020, the two teams fought again for a title, that of the Spanish Super Cup, in the first edition in Saudi Arabia with the 'Final Four' format. Real Madrid got rid of Valencia and Atlético de FC Barcelona to meet in a final that, of course, did not conclude in regulation time after a goalless draw that lasted until the end of extra time and with the absence of Fede Valverde on Álvaro Morata when he faced Thibaut Courtois in the final stages. On penalties, Merengue was once again more successful.
And the last time the two teams met in a single match was almost a year ago, in the quarterfinals of the Copa del Rey played at the Santiago Bernabéu. Atlético took the lead on the scoreboard with a goal from Morata, but Rodrygo equalized in a great individual action to take the match to a new extra time where the locals, against a rival with ten, sentenced with goals from Karim Benzema and Vinícius Jr .
In total, Simeone will play this Wednesday his 41st derby as coach of Atlético in search of his twelfth victory and with the good memory of having been the only one who this campaign has been able to beat Real Madrid, with a clear 3-1 in the first round match of LaLiga EA Sports. Their total balance is 11 wins, 14 draws and 15 losses.
As for the duels with Carlo Ancelotti as coach of Real Madrid, the 'Cholo' will face the Italian for the twentieth time, the particular confrontation that both have experienced the most in their careers as a coach, with a very even balance since each one has added seven wins for each one.
Special mention deserves the 2014-2015 season, the second and last of the Reggiolo player in his first stage in the 14-time European champion, where they met eight times and in all possible competitions, and Simeone only lost once, 1-0. , although that cost them elimination in the quarterfinals of the Champions League, while the 4-0 league victory at the Vicente Calderón also stood out. In a single match, the two duels, the 2014 Champions League final and last year's fourth cup final, smiled on Ancelotti.