There is no hallway. Simeone’s “Argentine” decision not to greet champion Real Madrid in the derby in the Spanish capital.
Argentine Diego Simeone’s Atlético de Madrid took it locally against new LaLiga champions, Real Madrid, in a derby marred by controversy surrounding the absence of the hall of honor, a tradition of Spanish football.
The Spanish capital classic will be played this Sunday from 4:00 pm in Argentina at Wanda Metropolitano Stadium, with transmission from ESPN and Star ++.
Real Madrid took 35th. star on Saturday in the defeat of Espanyol de Barcelona (4-0) and custom indicated that Atlético, his next rival, should welcome him on the field with a channel made up of his own players.
However, the “mattress” club repealed that practice in an institutional notice, which its DT Simeone now affirmed: “You always try to build a little bit of controversy -he introduced when consulted -. The fact is the club did. a statement that is very concrete, explains perfectly ”.
“First of all, congratulations to Real Madrid, its players and coaching staff, who have done an amazing job throughout the season. Real Madrid has a lot of respect, but clearly we have more respect for our people, who is the one who is with us every day “, explained” Cholo “.
The Atlético coach removed the drama from the matter and gave Argentine soccer as an example, where there is no such act of recognition for champions.
Real Madrid had a perfect week in crowning the local tournament and qualifying for the Champions League finals with its epic victory against Manchester City of England in extra time.
In LaLiga, “Merengue” has 81 points, followed by Barcelona with 69, Seville with 64 and Atlético with 61, occupying fourth and final place for access to the Champions League next season.
Atlético are primarily threatened by two rivals who have succeeded it and currently occupy places in the Europa League: Betis (58) and Real Sociedad (56).
After accumulating two games without a win and losing on Athletic Bilbao’s final date, they will look to get back to victory and then secure their place in the Champions League zone against Elche (V), Sevilla (L) and Real Sociedad (V) .
Real Madrid, already focused on the grand final with Liverpool, on Saturday May 28 in Paris, will face the derby with six casualties: the Austrian David Alaba, the Brazilian Marcelo, the Belgian Eden Hazard , Welshman Gareth Bale, Dani Ceballos and Isco.
Atlético have not won a derby since the 2018 European Super Cup in Tallinn with a 4-2 victory after extra time. In the Spanish championship, they played twelve consecutive games without a win against the white team.
Source: Clarin
