In the early morning of this morning Beijing time, Atletico Madrid drew 0-0 at home to Granada, temporarily surpassing Barca and Sevy to rise to the second place in the table. But because Real Madrid then beat Osasuna 3-1, Real Madrid has surpassed Atletico by 17 points and has five rounds left, which means that Atletico have no chance of defending their title this season.
For the game this morning, Atletico were once again in a weak predicament, and in the 48th minute, Griezmann's shot from outside the box was slightly deflected, and in the 88th minute, Cunha's close-range shot hit the goal frame and missed the chance to kill. Atletico could only declare no chance of winning the title, but Granada set a record: for the first time since 1974, La Liga visited Atletico to score points.
However, Simeone's biggest gain in this game was not to score a point at home, but when the game just entered injury time, his 19-year-old son Giuliano Simeone came off the bench to make his career debut.
According to Opta, Giuliano Simeone became the third youngest player to make his La Liga debut under his father, Diego Simeone, at the age of 19 and 123 days this morning, behind Jimenez (18 years, 237 days) and Lucas Hernandez (18 years and 310 days). Some fans pointed out that this statistic is wrong, but Giuliano Simeone's debut this morning is a sure thing, just so-called: Lao Tzu heroes and good men, all eat the bowl of football!
Saying that Lao Tzu is a hero and a good man, there is even greater evidence. Just two days ago, Diego Simeone's eldest son, Giovanni Simone, scored an assist in Verona's 2-1 away win over Atalanta, while Giovanni Simeone had already scored 16 goals in Serie A, becoming Argentina's top scorer in the top five European leagues this season, but even so, Giovanni Simeone has not been selected for the Argentine national team for a long time.
This morning, in addition to Giuliano Simeone's moment on the pitch, another shot also thrilled Argentine fans – the 19-year-old Simeone, less than 2 minutes into the game, created a superb free-kick opportunity for the team.
At that time, Atletico launched a long pass attack from the backfield, and the 19-year-old Simeone quickly started to scramble for the landing point, and was brought down by the opponent near the arc of the penalty area, and the defender also received a yellow card. Many fans marveled: this 19-year-old Simeone, like his father and brother, is a tiger player! Argentine football is really talented!