Not only did he allow Atletico to win their third Europa League title in nine years but he did it just 70km from his hometown, Macon.
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Marseille fans vastly outnumbered their Atletico counterparts during the game at Parc Olympique Lyonnais, in which Diego Simeone’s side eased to a 3-0 victory thanks to Antoine Griezmann’s two well-taken strikes, and Gabi’s late third.
“If he decides that he does not want to continue with us, we have to respect his decision”.
He said that he would love his star player, who had the ideal final preparation for World Cup duties with the French national side with this win, to stay and continue to develop with the side.
“We’ve always competed at the highest level”.
Is he the best manager in the world at the moment? We also missed him from set-pieces as Atletico, if they do ever concede, sometimes concede from set-pieces. “Griezmann today confirmed what he has been doing year by year”. “When I arrived at the club I didn’t have this feeling”.
“I feel so proud to belong to this group, which has changed the lives of so many Atletico fans”.
However, he stopped short of saying those ties are enough to prevent him leaving.
He said: “It’s hard to explain how happy I feel after so much time, it was a dream I’ve always had since I was a child”. Only compatriots Sevilla have won it more times, having won the trophy on three occasions.
In the last 10 years, Spanish clubs have won six Europa League titles while six have also won the Champions League.
But Simeone, a skillful yet extremely hard-working midfielder during his own player career, never puts one player above the team. If he does leave, then his performance in this clash is a good leaving present, even if Atleti still has to play Eibar on Sunday in their final La Liga game.
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Both of them have been seeing themselves since 2014, and Carla posted a number of videos to social media of her looking after the children in the stands during the match.
