Bavaria Georg Schwarzenbeck had just fired the equalizer in Landesmeister Cup final against Atlético Madrid, as did Vicente Calderón even why his club of supposedly secure title was snatched. “Somos el pupas” the president said. Pupa is best translated as aches or ouch. “We are just the by Ouch.”
The big ouch, so Atlético was for decades called in Spain. Because the club could fail so tragically like no other. Since it fits that of the Bayern not Gerd Müller, not Hoeness, not Franz Beckenbauer met but Schwarzenbeck, who had never previously scored in his whole life on the opponent’s goal. On top of that. Guilty of two descents was respectively a missed penalty in the deciding game and in his fifties, after two championships, the most talented players sat with a notorious for their affairs actress to Mexico from. It always seemed that higher powers Atlético play evil.
We vs. the World is Simeone Credo
Then came Diego Simeone. And kurrierte the club from his sufferings. The Awa’s gone, healed of a, along the raging sidelines, like a volcano, just before the outbreak. The shouting and waving, which bears with the referee, always on the border just as reasonable force. Sometimes it exceeds they, or have exceeded.
Just as the weekend, suddenly a ball was as at home to Malaga thrown onto the pitch, just at the moment when the guests ran a promising counterattack. He came from the Atlético bench, a ball boy had thrown him. On your own? Probably not. The referee sent Simeone as responsible the whistle, and already made in the stadium that feeling wide, which transports the coach prefers: We against the odds. US against the rest of the world. Now more than ever.
rising. Keep going. Next Fight – Football is like life
Since its arrival in 2011 the now goes like this. Simeone, who has now been suspended because of the Ball affair for three league games, Atlético stylized as counterpart of the great, for FC Barcelona and Real Madrid. They have money, we have our will. The perfect match for Atlético’s tradition as a workers’ club. Simeone knows it and makes his team play like that. How do people in the Madrid south he sees football as a job, as a reflection of existence. A typical Simeone set sounds so: “Life is:. Get up, stay tuned, keep fighting” Said he has him after winning the quarter-final against Barcelona. Previously Atletico had lost seven consecutive matches against this opponent.
Getting up. Keep going. Continue fighting. Even when Atlético two years ago tragically lost the final in the Champions League final under Simeone, no one doubted. Get up, stay tuned, keep fighting now belongs to the DNA of any Atlético player. In Europe there are no more disciplined defensively stronger team. As cells in an organism, everyone knows what he has to do, no one is indispensable. Even Diego Godin not, the intelligence chief, although his failure against Bayern outweighed. Godin is successful the command in defense, Atlético remained in 21 of 34 league games without conceding a goal. Forward counter are recited surprise attacks, of outstanding single-rounders as Antoine Griezmann, Koke or the resurgent Fernando Torres.
For each major opponents Simeone has a tactic ready
Simeone’s tactics depends often on opponents. Against Real Madrid with his dangerous outside attackers Cristiano Ronaldo and Gareth Bale he liked neglected the center, the defensive midfielder should then support the private outdoor. Against Barcelona he let the opposing ball carrier grant initially but barricaded the possible play stations. Barça striker Lionel Messi, Luis Suarez and Neymar were so cut off from the game. Afterwards defender Luis Felipe rejoiced: “We just knew every detail.”
Since the FC Bayern like Barcelona relies on a lot of possession, Atlético will probably play similar. Breakfast attack to allow any play stations as possible. Contrary to big ouch transported Simeone a culture of being-in-faith, confidence in their own strength. El Cholo, like the Argentines called because of its dark skin has caused at Atlético a new denomination, the Cholismus. The newspaper “El Pais” recently wrote: “Simeone is for Atlético what Johan Cruyff was in his lifetime for the FC Barcelona.” He had taken from the eternal losers club duration winner. Diego Simeone could succeed the same at Atlético.
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