Diego Pablo Simeone (* 28. Will Thomas Partey be a success at Arsenal? As a midfielder, Simeone scored 11 goals for his country, including one in the final of the 1992 King Fahd Cup. He was forced to watch the second leg and final from the stands.[37]. section: | slug: atletico-madrid-manager-diego-simeone-tests-positive-for-coronavirus | sport: soccer | route: article_single.us | Only Miguel Muñoz (Real Madrid, 424) and, the club legend, Luis Aragonés (407) remain ahead of the Argentine.

"Wherever I need to play to help the team, I will play there and try my best to help the team,” he said in his first interview with the club. He also won the King Fahd Cup in 1992, and a silver medal at the 1996 Summer Olympic games.

The club said he isn't showing any symptoms. [56], Simeone is also renowned for his attention to detail and quick adaptability to a game's changing situations.

In the Champions League, they advanced to the first knockout round, where they were eliminated by Juventus, winning the first leg 2–0 at the Wanda Metropolitano but losing the return leg 3–0 in Turin. "I have a few things in mind that I want to start to train with the team and [Partey's signing] is going to give us a little bit more adaptability and more balance in defending and attacking transitions and the way we have to set up certain structures to attack better in certain moments of the game.". And the Argentine has wished Partey well following his move to the Premier League.

"[60] During a leg in the 2017–18 UEFA Europa League semi-final against Arsenal at the Emirates Stadium, Atlético were playing without key players Diego Costa, Juanfran, Filipe Luis and Vitolo, and in the 10th minute, Sime Vrsaljko was sent off with a red card, followed by Simeone being also sent off. The latter is the path Simeone would prefer, but he knows they have a mountain of draws in their future if they do. ‘He went to Almeria, it was difficult for him to find a stable place but he is an extraordinary player. Atletico snubbed three transfer approaches for Lemar to give him another chance, Cavani wanted by Atletico with Simeone looking to pair striker with Luis Suarez, Torres slams Simeone after pair's relationship 'blew up' in Atletico return, Diego Simeone tests positive for coronavirus in blow to Atletico Madrid, Barca outcast Suarez 'ready to snub Juventus transfer for shock Atletico switch', Messi's Barcelona exit will see Simeone become LaLiga's highest paid individual, Atletico to sell Arsenal target Thomas Lemar after Simeone 'throws in towel', Bielsa’s passion will help Leeds flourish in the Premier League, Simeone 'not surprised' by Chelsea's interest in Oblak but hopes keeper stays, Simeone advises Messi & Setien to resolve Barca 'rift' over cup of coffee, Atletico assistant Mono Burgos confirms exit and remembers hugs with Simeone, Cristiano Ronaldo, Messi and Maradona could NOT play together, claims Simeone, Arsenal in Lemar transfer boost as Atletico happy to sell flop on cheap, Atletico players & staff agree 70 per cent pay cut with £32.6m-a-year Simeone hit, Atletico Madrid to make 500 staff take pay cuts and redundancy over coronavirus, © 2020 THE SUN, US, INC. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED | TERMS OF USE | PRIVACY | YOUR AD CHOICES | SITEMAP, Man Utd news LIVE: All the latest from Old Trafford after window closes, Real Madrid promote Japanese star Nakai to first-team after Kubo emergence, Chelsea transfer news LIVE - Latest updates from Stamford Bridge, All the breaking news and gossip from EFL Deadline Day, Arsenal news LIVE: Follow latest Arsenal transfer gossip, news and updates, Arsenal kid Charlie Patino plays like Foden & has trained alongside Aubameyang, How Chelsea will line up vs Southampton with Ziyech to finally make his debut, How Man Utd will start vs Newcastle with Telles to start but Cavani ruled out, Said Benrahma FAILS West Ham medical putting £25m transfer from Brentford in doubt, Ozil to be left OUT of Arsenal’s 25-man PL squad and will sit out until January. Arsenal's new signing is setting his sights on the Premier League title after completing a deadline day move from Atletico Madrid He won the Argentine Primera División both with Estudiantes and River Plate, and has had his biggest managerial success with Atlético Madrid, winning La Liga, the Copa del Rey, two UEFA Europa Leagues, two UEFA Super Cups, and also being runner-up of the UEFA Champions League twice. In 1999, Simeone joined fellow Argentines Néstor Sensini, Matías Almeyda, Hernán Crespo and Juan Sebastián Verón at Sven-Göran Eriksson's Lazio. Simeone ended his playing career for Racing Club, playing his last match on 17 February 2006, and then became manager for the same team. A trip to the Etihad will see Partey contend with the likes of Rodri, Kevin de Bruyne, Phil Foden et al., but he is ready to play wherever Arteta feels he will be most useful. 2017–18 UEFA Champions League group stage, Facebook/MARCA Football Awards (Best Manager), List of footballers with 100 or more caps, List of UEFA Cup and Europa League winning managers, "Acta del Partido celebrado el 18 de mayo de 2019, en Valencia", "Diego Simeone - a legend of the Calderon", "Origins of El Cholo: Remembering Diego Simeone's Atlético Madrid Playing Career", "Diego Simeone leads Atlético Madrid with passion into derby with Real | Sid Lowe", "Jens Fjellström ny tränare i Malmö FF (Jens Fjellström new coach in Malmö FF)", "CNN/SI – World Cup France '98 – The Netherlands pay back controversial loss to Argentina – Saturday July 04, 1998 03:33 pm", "CNN/SI – World Cup France '98 – Bergkamp scores in 90th minute to lead the Netherlands to victory – Wednesday September 16, 1998 05:34 pm", "Unlike Simeone's Atletico, Seedorf's AC Milan still searching for identity". Arteta’s long-term ambition is to see the Gunners play 4-3-3, rather than the more conservative 3-4-3 he has been forced to play in the early months of his tenure. The side had gone close to the Scudetto in the season before Simeone's arrival and he helped deliver the championship after a season, where Juventus led the standings by two points going into the last day. [11][15] Simeone once described his style as "holding a knife between his teeth". This enabled him to play anywhere in midfield throughout his career, although he was usually deployed in the centre in a box-to-box or defensive midfield role. They have two options: take risks or don’t take risks.

Dani Ceballos has offered that at times, but his place in the line-up has left the Gunners a little light in the centre of the park. In total, he played in 165 matches for Atlético, scoring 31 goals. He is quick in making tactical changes to influence a game's outcome. Eventually, the change had the desired outcome, with Atlético equalizing through Antoine Griezmann and advancing to the Champions League final. In the first half we did well.

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Before the start of the season, Filipe Luís returned from Chelsea with the team also acquiring Montenegrin defender Stefan Savić and Belgian midfielder Yannick Carrasco. All Rights Reserved. To sign up, put your email at the top of this article or follow the instructions on this link. Few clubs over the past decade have developed as succinct of a style of play as Diego Simeone's Atletico Madrid. He won a domestic double with Atlético Madrid in 1996, and the UEFA Cup with Inter in 1998, also winning another domestic double with Lazio in 2000, as well as the 1999 UEFA Super Cup and the 2000 Supercoppa Italiana. That is how you achieve things. At Atlético, he was part of the team which won the double of the Liga title and Copa del Rey during the 1995–96 season. Alongside the date of the transfer, the clubs involved and the transfer fee, it also displays the market value of the player at the time of the transfer. [62] Diego Godin has also said about his manager: ""The players would die for him [Simeone]. [18] Simeone left Estudiantes after the end of the 2007 Apertura, where Estudiantes was not a contender after a poor start, but had a strong finish of nine games without defeat. His first season ended with the team winning the UEFA Europa League by beating Athletic Bilbao 3–0 in the final in Bucharest.[29].

The two holding midfielders provide the defensive muscle needed to win midfield battles. For using this site, please activate JavaScript. Simeone said he did not want to "fossilise [himself] with a rigid tactic," saying managers cannot have a favourite formation "for the simple fact that we have to adapt not to what we like but to what we have to work with". You won't miss out. He was sent to the stands, and Varane was booked for the incident.

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On 17 May 2013, he won the Copa del Rey after Atlético defeated rivals Real Madrid 2–1 at the Santiago Bernabéu Stadium. Simeone said: "At half-time I told them to be relaxed. While the season began with a defeat to Barça in the 2013 Supercopa de España, the team recorded eight-straight victories in La Liga, the best league start in club history. Mikel Arteta responds to Arsene Wenger claiming Mesut Ozil is 'wasted' at Arsenal, Thomas Partey debut? 1.6m Followers, 45 Following, 287 Posts - See Instagram photos and videos from Diego Pablo Simeone (@simeone) UEFA Pro Licence, Avg. Partey is in line for his Arsenal debut this weekend and it could scarcely have been a more difficult opening assignment. Diego Simeone used the Ghana international in a deep-lying position for much of his stay in Spain, but speaking earlier this summer, the Argentinian admitted there was much more to his game. In 2005, he left Europe to finish his playing career in Argentina with Racing Club. Just hours after Thomas Partey’s deadline day transfer from Atletico Madrid was completed, Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta emphasised just how much his newest recruit would offer the squad. ‘They are decisions that are made based on that possibility that exists. The matches against Slovakia League (22 June 1995, Mendoza), in which Simeone scored 1 goal, and against Poland B League (20 June 1996, Tucumán), in which Simeone also scored 1 goal, were originally considered full international matches by the Argentine FA, but later removed from the list of official matches.