The Atleti coach records nine defeats and seven draws at Camp Nou; On Sunday they will try to win at home for the first time at Barça… but in Montjuic.
Diego Simeone has few ongoing problems at Atlético de Madrid. Probably the biggest is that the red and white team gets the first Champions League in its history. El Cholo reached the Champions League final twice, but both times it was Real Madrid that broke the colchoneros’ continental dream.
The Champions League is the only title that has eluded Simeone as coach of Atlético, where he already knows what it means to win LaLiga, the Copa del Rey, the Europa League, the Spanish Super Cup and the European Super Cup. But it is not the only outstanding bill that the South American coach has.
Simeone’s Atleti won derbies against Real Madrid in Vicente Calderón, they also won them in Santiago Bernabéu (they even know how to be champions in that area), they eliminated Messi’s Barcelona or the mighty Bayern Muncih in the Champions League and they have up to silenced stadiums, legendary as Old Trafford or Anfield.
However, there is one thing that Simeone has not yet been able to do since arriving on the bench of Atlético de Madrid: win at home against Barcelona, this Sunday’s rival for matchday 15 of LaLiga. And there is no shortage of opportunities…
Source: Goal
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