Learn about the history of Guardiola's confrontations with Simeone.. City and Atletico a new chapter

The Champions League draw put Atletico Madrid in the way of Manchester City, led by Spanish coach Guardiola, who will have to deal again with a coach who had previously ousted him from the most famous European competition, the Champions League, in the 2016 season of the semi-finals, which is Argentine Diego Simeone, That was when Guardiola was coach of Bayern.

Although the direct confrontations between Guardiola and Simeone are siding with the Spanish coach, they met three times in the history of matches against each other, two of them in the 2016 Champions League semi-finals, where Atletico won 1-0 in the first leg and lost 2-1, to qualify thanks to the goal Extraterrestrial, which was recorded at the time by the French Griezmann.

The third confrontation, the first between them, was in the Spanish League in February 2012, when Guardiola won 2-1 while he was coach of Barcelona.

Although City is an extraordinary candidate, given its brilliance this season, and its display of great strength in various lines, it may find suffering in front of a coach who masters defense, and has previously tortured Man United and removed him from the final price this season.

Simeone's preferred plan against Guardiola's offensive team will be to defend and rely on counter-attacks.

History also records Simeone's specialization in excluding English clubs from the competition, the last of which is Man United, and before that Chelsea in 2014, and Liverpool in 2020.

Although Atletico today is not the same defensive team in 2016, but it still has the mentality of coach Simeone who is able to make a surprise, something that Guardiola will count on a lot, so as not to repeat the unpleasant surprises that befell the team over the past seasons, and kept him away from the title of champions.

Guardiola also knows for sure the technical capabilities that Simeone possesses in defense, and there is no doubt that he will learn from the harsh lesson that Man United suffered a few days ago.

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