The Simeone family has had a very happy football week. Only Elanga’s goal, which prevented Atlético’s victory against Manchester United in the first leg of the Champions League round of 16has tarnished a few days of goals and triumphs where perhaps the most important thing in the mattress club has been recover the essence of cholismo that has accompanied him for a decade. But, in addition to the technician, his children have responded to further sweeten the end of February.
Starting with the Cholo, Atlético closed against Celta a week of healing, both football-wise and emotionally and mentally. It all started in Pamplona. The team had bottomed out in their defeat at home against Levante, barely having finished off the goal and falling against the bottom team to complicate the Champions positions. Against Osasuna, Simeone began to pull on his deserving players, a priori substitute players, but with a lot of desire to add and as the coach recognized, the spirit of the team changed. Basic notions such as defensive strength returned in a 0-3 win and could be extrapolated to the match against United and against Celta, conceding just one goal for the six scored. Two wins in a row in LaLiga with a clean sheet and a tie that leaves the Champions League tie against the English completely open.
In the lower categories, the weekend also closed with a victory for Atleti B to recover sensations after the defeat against Alcalá. And Pozuelo did not make it easy, it was very difficult to bring the wall down until Giluiano Simeone converted the goal that broke the duel from a penalty and that fundamental before Davo put the lace at the last minute. And if the matter is about goals, in Italy there is a proper name: Giovanni Simeone. The Hellas Verona striker got a great hat-trick against Venezia which places him as the third top scorer in Serie A with 15 goals, only surpassed by Vlahovic (20) and Immobile (19). The eldest of Cholo’s sons ended the streak of eight straight games without scoring in the league and he did it in an unbeatable way, confirming that ketchup theory. Giovanni keeps asking for a step (he is still 26 years old) and does not forget his dream of wearing the red and white.
Finally, Gianluca Simeone has been taking advantage of his opportunities from the bench at Club Deportivo Ibiza in the Second RFEF and closed on Sunday with victory against Espanyol B after having scored his second goal of the season against Lleida last weekend. An end of February to smile at the Simeone’s house, where all his sons turned out to be Cholo offensive players and they did what they know best to increase their father’s joy, score and add to the victories of their teams.