Simeone: Winning the Copa del Rey in 13 years is the most special, and we realized that we could play against The Royal

Live Bar Dec. 24 – No one in Atletico's history has had more success than Simeone. Since becoming manager of the Sheets in December 2011, he has led the team to compete against Real Madrid and Barcelona, winning two La Liga titles. In an interview with Marca, Simeone talked about his 10-year coaching career at Atletico.

Simeone said: "I am with the players who have played for the club for 10 years and have given the club the opportunity and us. Without the support of the club in the competitive arena, without the company of players who have shown the way for latecomers, a manager would not have been able to achieve what I have now. I want to start by thanking the players for allowing me to constantly convey my feelings and show them on the pitch. ”

"When I joined Atletico, I certainly didn't think I would coach for so long because we live in the moment and because we don't know what's going to happen tomorrow. Everything will pass, but those great moments will live on in people's memories. ”

"Before I joined Atletico, I first looked at the squad and I thought it was a good squad. I remember they scored a lot of goals, so I said it was simple, we first needed to defend well and make the team work as a whole because they had played quite well at the time. ”

"My most special day in charge of Atletico was the Copa del Rey final victory over Real Madrid at the Bernabeu, a team that had not been beaten in a long time. Chose to play at the Bernabeu because they said that both teams each share 50% of the tickets, but this is not the case. This infuriated our players, who realized they could beat their opponents. ”

"We won the Copa del Rey and started to recognise that we could compete against strong opponents on the domestic pitch, as happened in the following 2014. I think it's a heart-pounding and a breakthrough moment because we realize that although Real Madrid have Cristiano Ronaldo, Mourinho, Benzema, Alonso and Ramos, even though Barca have Messi, Iniesta, Xavi, Neymar, etc., we can still fight one. It looks easy now, but it wasn't easy at all. ”

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