Two Champions League qualifiers and a Godín header suggest that Cholo is good in the confrontation with the Catalans, but that is not true.
Diego Simeone has been able to make up for his very poor record against Barcelona. The coach of Atlético de Madrid has only two victories against the Barça team in LaLiga, a competition in which they meet again on Sunday, December 3, 2023 in Montjuic (9 p.m.).
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Two Champions League matches and a Diego Godín header suggest Simeone can play well against Barcelona. And that is not true. Yes, knocked them out in the quarter-finals of the Champions League in 2014 (1-1 draw in Barcelona, 1-0 win in Madrid) and in 2016 (2-1 loss in Barcelona, 2-0 win in Madrid).
And in yellow, a few years ago, He ‘stole’ the Spanish league from the then Tata Martino team with Godín’s famous goal at Camp Nou. They even beat them in the 2019/20 Spanish Super Cup with a comeback, breaking their decade-long drought without beating them, with victory at the Metropolitano with a goal from Carrasco in November 2020.
In general, the figures of the Cholo against the Catalan team they are not good at all: they won only five of their 34 matches in all competitions, 11 draws and 18 of the remaining 29 games lost. Furthermore, his teams scored 31 goals and conceded 47.
Source: Goal