El Cholo equals the record for games led by Muñoz and is one win away from the madridista
He Cholo Simeone continues to break longevity records in the Competition and is days away from setting new records. This weekend in the game against the Athletic, the coach with the most matches is targeted at the same club. It will do this by leveling the 424 league matches he led Miguel Munoz in the RealMadrid. It is precisely the Santiago Bernabéu that will be the scenario in which the Argentinian will overcome the mythical merengue coach.
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Simeone directed until the date, 423 league matches Atlético in the twelve seasons he held the position of mattress coach. To get an idea of how difficult it is to reach these numbers, it is enough to remember that Muñoz’s mark dates back to 1974. So far, Cholo has surpassed other illustrious such as Luis Aragonesthat accumulated 407 already in Atletico John Benjamin Toshack who was sitting on the couch Real society in 322 competition matches.
Moreover, if Atlético beat Athletic this Sunday, they will get their victory number 257the same that Muñoz achieved in his long career at the head of the Merengue bench.
And it doesn’t end there, as Simeone is going to break two more records in the near future: he’s going to achieve it 612 official matches directed by Luis Aragones on the rojiblanco couch. Along the way, he had already become the coach with the most titles, the most wins, the most games played in Europe and the most games won in the league. In one week Cholo will match the number of matches of Luis, another rojiblanca legend who did it in four stages. Simeone will have done it in one go, something very unusual in our football and which is in contrast to what happened in Atlético de Madrid’s history in the years leading up to his arrival.
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