evilhita666
Barçapocalypse NOW!
The thing is how long will he be able to go on... I don't mean to under estimate his success and improvement in the last three seasons, but staying at the top is whole different kind of challenge...
Diego Simeone
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mobster_1930
New member
Incredible manager, it will be interesting to see him in Athletico next season, will he be able to maintain consistency ?
Ursegor
World Champion
Incredible how versatile his side his. They are perceived as industrious, hard working, Mourinho-esque counterattackers but have you seen that skill Koke pulled off around the 72 minute mark with 3 guys trying to get the ball off him? Iniesta-esque magic. Some of those passing sequences and triangulations were Barca-esque in the 2nd half, Chelsea chasing shadows. How many passes in the buildup to their 2nd goal? 20+? This is one of the most impressive results you'll ever see. Chelsea had never before lost a semi-final game and Mourinho has lost like 3 games after taking the lead in his entire career (someone posted the exact statistic just a couple of days ago), nevermind his impressive home record.
People declare La Liga for dead (because Soldado and Navas left
) every year yet this is like the most competitive and strongest La Liga season ever. 3 Spanish teams in both CL and EL finals. 
People declare La Liga for dead (because Soldado and Navas left
) every year yet this is like the most competitive and strongest La Liga season ever. 3 Spanish teams in both CL and EL finals. 
psychotsek
Member
Well AM have been playing consistently since his arrival.It's just now that they hit their strive.
It would be interesting to see what he could do with a bigger budget and better players as he seems to get the best out of everyone he manages.
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Metaphysical
Bomb Dropper
Alik
Moderator
Would be a massive travesty if he doesnt win the FIFA best manager award
If he wins the champions league, he will surely win it.
Otherwise, there is still the WC.
Cule4life
The Culest
Nothing can compare to the man who broke La Liga's duopoly with 1/5 of the budget. Many were saying the duopoly may not be broken for a long long time. He took a side in the the doldrums and low on confidence and turned it into a fierce and formidable team with pretty much the same set of players. Their hard work and team spirit is second to none.
The WC is so overrated. A few games in a month cant decide the best manager or player. Building national teams is nowhere near as hard as building a club side. There are no budget constraints.
Alik
Moderator
True, I agree, but if the world worked that way Klopp would have won it by now I think.
Ancelotti will be hailed if he brings Madrid la decima.
VdB has been hailed for what he achieved with Spain.
ceefoo
New member
Congratulations! Atletico Madrid & Diego Simeone
Liga - Scale of Atletico's achievement 'barley believable'
Atletico Madrid's unexpected triumph in the Liga decider is being hailed as one of the greatest achievements in football history.
'NOBODY MAKES ANY COMPROMISES'
The fighting spirit Atletico Madrid have shown all season meant coach Diego Simeone never doubted they would come from behind to draw 1-1 against Barcelona and claim a first La Liga title for 18 years, even if the rest of the footballing world has been left stunned.
Barca needed to beat Atletico in a final-day showdown to snatch the title away and Alexis Sanchez gave the hosts hope when he rifled home from an acute angle after 33 minutes at a packed Nou Camp.
But four minutes after the break Diego Godin powered in a header from a corner and Atletico defended robustly to earn the draw they needed and claim their first championship since 1995-96.
Simeone told a news conference:
Simeone was an Atletico player when they last won the championship and he has passed on his determination to the team as a coach.
EUROSPORT'S VIEW
Atletico lost Diego Costa and Arda Turan to injury early in the match and went a goal down but still went on to get the point they needed against Barcelona. It is not hyperbole to say that Atletico's title triumph is one of the biggest achievements in the history of football. They have a wage bill that is less than QPR's and were 66/1 to win the title at the start of the season – the same price offered on Aberdeen or Motherwell winning the Scottish Premiership. They did with a small squad, who also managed to somehow get to the Champions League final too. Barcelona (Neymar) and Real Madrid (Gareth Bale) both spent more on one player in the summer than Atletico's entire squad cost. This is a genuine feel good story in a new, money-driven footballing world.
WHAT HAPPENS NEXT
Atletico Madrid travel to Lisbon for the Champions League final with an injury depleted squad that must be both physically and mentally exhausted but only a fool would write them off causing another big upset given all they've achieved this season. They will likely lose arguably their two key players in the summer to Chelsea – the on-loan Thibaut Courtois and top scorer Diego Costa - and maybe even their manager too, so some sort of regression seems inevitable. But even so, nothing can take away the scale of this achievement. This is the sort of team that Atletico fans will be telling their grandchildren about in 50 years' time.
WHAT THE MEDIA ARE SAYING
Sid Lowe (The Observer): Atlético Madrid have done it. A year after they went to the Santiago Bernabéu and took the Copa del Rey from Real Madrid, they came here and took the league title from FC Barcelona. It is their first in 18 years. Next they travel to Lisbon to play their first European Cup final for 40 years. What Diego Simeone and his side have achieved is barely believable. Barcelona's supporters recognised the magnitude of what they had witnessed: when the final whistle went here, they immediately broke into applause. Simeone's side have taken on the duopoly and defeated it. This is a monumental achievement: not only has it been 10 years since someone else won the title, the nearest anyone has been over the last five years was 24, 39, 25, 28 and 17 points. Atlético finished this season three points ahead.
Rory Smith (The Times): Atletico Madrid are champions of Spain, for the first time since 1996. That does not come close to capturing quite what an achievement this is, though, for their coach, Diego Simeone, for their players, a mixture of cast-offs and has-beens and late bloomers. This is a club that exists in a state of almost perpetual chaos, that toils in the shadow of Spain’s big two, that has a fifth of their financial clout. They are precisely the sort of club, in other words, who are not supposed to win titles in the harsh capitalist reality of modern football. And yet, thanks to a mixture of courage, talent, nous, guile and a bloody-minded refusal to give up, here they are, on top of a table that includes Barcelona and Real Madrid, and with a Champions League final to look forward to next week. It may not be the ultimate underdog story, but it’s roughly as close as you’re going to get.
source: EuroSport
Liga - Scale of Atletico's achievement 'barley believable'
Atletico Madrid's unexpected triumph in the Liga decider is being hailed as one of the greatest achievements in football history.
'NOBODY MAKES ANY COMPROMISES'
The fighting spirit Atletico Madrid have shown all season meant coach Diego Simeone never doubted they would come from behind to draw 1-1 against Barcelona and claim a first La Liga title for 18 years, even if the rest of the footballing world has been left stunned.
Barca needed to beat Atletico in a final-day showdown to snatch the title away and Alexis Sanchez gave the hosts hope when he rifled home from an acute angle after 33 minutes at a packed Nou Camp.
But four minutes after the break Diego Godin powered in a header from a corner and Atletico defended robustly to earn the draw they needed and claim their first championship since 1995-96.
Simeone told a news conference:
Simeone was an Atletico player when they last won the championship and he has passed on his determination to the team as a coach.
he said.
EUROSPORT'S VIEW
Atletico lost Diego Costa and Arda Turan to injury early in the match and went a goal down but still went on to get the point they needed against Barcelona. It is not hyperbole to say that Atletico's title triumph is one of the biggest achievements in the history of football. They have a wage bill that is less than QPR's and were 66/1 to win the title at the start of the season – the same price offered on Aberdeen or Motherwell winning the Scottish Premiership. They did with a small squad, who also managed to somehow get to the Champions League final too. Barcelona (Neymar) and Real Madrid (Gareth Bale) both spent more on one player in the summer than Atletico's entire squad cost. This is a genuine feel good story in a new, money-driven footballing world.
WHAT HAPPENS NEXT
Atletico Madrid travel to Lisbon for the Champions League final with an injury depleted squad that must be both physically and mentally exhausted but only a fool would write them off causing another big upset given all they've achieved this season. They will likely lose arguably their two key players in the summer to Chelsea – the on-loan Thibaut Courtois and top scorer Diego Costa - and maybe even their manager too, so some sort of regression seems inevitable. But even so, nothing can take away the scale of this achievement. This is the sort of team that Atletico fans will be telling their grandchildren about in 50 years' time.
WHAT THE MEDIA ARE SAYING
Sid Lowe (The Observer): Atlético Madrid have done it. A year after they went to the Santiago Bernabéu and took the Copa del Rey from Real Madrid, they came here and took the league title from FC Barcelona. It is their first in 18 years. Next they travel to Lisbon to play their first European Cup final for 40 years. What Diego Simeone and his side have achieved is barely believable. Barcelona's supporters recognised the magnitude of what they had witnessed: when the final whistle went here, they immediately broke into applause. Simeone's side have taken on the duopoly and defeated it. This is a monumental achievement: not only has it been 10 years since someone else won the title, the nearest anyone has been over the last five years was 24, 39, 25, 28 and 17 points. Atlético finished this season three points ahead.
Rory Smith (The Times): Atletico Madrid are champions of Spain, for the first time since 1996. That does not come close to capturing quite what an achievement this is, though, for their coach, Diego Simeone, for their players, a mixture of cast-offs and has-beens and late bloomers. This is a club that exists in a state of almost perpetual chaos, that toils in the shadow of Spain’s big two, that has a fifth of their financial clout. They are precisely the sort of club, in other words, who are not supposed to win titles in the harsh capitalist reality of modern football. And yet, thanks to a mixture of courage, talent, nous, guile and a bloody-minded refusal to give up, here they are, on top of a table that includes Barcelona and Real Madrid, and with a Champions League final to look forward to next week. It may not be the ultimate underdog story, but it’s roughly as close as you’re going to get.
source: EuroSport
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