The arrival of Simeone to the Atlético bench in the winter of 2011 It was a turning point for the rojiblancos. The Argentine has given a twist to the most recent past of the club, going from being a team that struggled to get into European competition to being the greatest of the continent, winning seven titles both nationally and internationally and reaching two Champions League finals. Atlético has become one of the greats of LaLiga and Europe. And this statement It is endorsed by the results obtained by Cholo.
In these almost nine years at the helm of the mattresses, Simeone has led the rojiblanco team in a total of 327 matches of the national championship with a balance of 199 victories, 78 draws and 50 defeats. Therefore, he is only one away from entering the select club of coaches with 200 wins in the domestic competition. This list is made up of a total of nine technicians, who have managed to reach at least the bicentennial of victories with their teams. Therefore, Cholo would be the tenth coach to reach this milestone.
The leader among the coaches with the most wins in LaLiga is a red-and-white legend, Luis Aragonés, who directed nothing less than 757 matches (the most in the history of the competition) in a total of eight clubs (Atlético, Betis, Barcelona, Espanyol, Sevilla, Valencia, Oviedo and Mallorca) achieving 344 victories. The second in the ranking is Miguel Munoz, what won 323 duels of the 608 played by the teams he coached. Finally, close the podium Javier Irureta, with 259 wins in 612 games.
They also achieved 200 or more wins Ferdinand Daucik (234 in 488 games), Ernesto Valverde (213 in 443 games), Javier Clemente (205 in 511 games), Víctor Fernández (202 in 544 games), Helenio Herrera (200 in 359 games) and John Benjamin Toshack (200 in 480 meetings). It will be necessary to see if Simeone is able to reach this magical figure against Huesca at El Alcoraz (7:00 p.m.) or will have to wait for the next opportunity, which will be on Saturday, October 3 at 4:00 p.m. against Villarreal at the Wanda Metropolitano.