[Sport] Diego Simeone, leader of a golden decade of Atlético de Madrid

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The Argentine strategist achieved his eighth title with the colchoneros since he assumed technical command in 2011.

Atlético de Madrid coach Diego Simeone continues to make history after winning his second league title this Saturday at the top of the mattress bench, his eighth trophy since his arrival in 2011.

The victory this Saturday against Valladolid (2-1), gave the rojiblancos the title on the last day of LaLiga 2020/2021.

The league championship adds a new notch to Atletico's golden decade, which began with the arrival of Cholo and his ‘game by game’, which has already become the motto of the rojiblancos.

“He is one of the most charismatic coaches in Europe and one of the best in the world. We are very proud that he will continue to be our coach and I hope he will be for many years, ”Atlético president Enrique Cerezo said in January.

Until the arrival of their former player who was promoted to coach, Atlético de Madrid had only won one Europa League and one European Super Cup in 2010, after 14 years without, including a brief stint in the second division between 2000 and 2002.

Cholo knew how to breathe his passion, always externalized on the field, to a team that began a rapid upward path that was reflected in a League in 2014 and a Spanish Super Cup in 2014, a Copa del Rey in 2013, as well as a Europa League and a European Super Cup in 2012, a double that he would repeat in 2018.

In addition, he put Atlético de Madrid in two Champions League finals, in 2014 and 2016, both lost to his eternal rival in the capital, Real Madrid, with whom he has fought until the last minute this season for the Spanish championship.

In this decade at the helm of Atlético, which has moved from the mythical Vicente Calderón stadium to the Metropolitano, Simeone has also known how to make the transition of players and play.

After years sustained in the Diego Godín, Juanfran, Filipe or Gabi, together with Antoine Griezmann as an attacking star between 2014 and 2019, Cholo knew how to reinvent itself with young people such as the young Portuguese Joao Félix, Marcos Llorente or the Argentine Ángel Correa.

After the season 2019/2020 "transitional" due to the departure of a bunch of figures, all those young people were more settled in the current one, drawing on the field the ideas of the Argentine, who also knew how to change his game by molding it to his new cash.

Looking at Luis Suárez
Known for years for his fierce defense, Simeone knew how to move on to a more dynamic and more offensive game, without losing his composure behind.

The arrival of the Uruguayan Luis Suárez this season contributed a lot to Atlético's new offensive style with multiplication of short passes and overflowing on the wings.

"The team is accompanying him (Luis Suárez) so that he can develop the best version of him, which is the goal," said Simeone, acknowledging that he changed the team's idea of the game to send more balls to the Uruguayan gunner.

The signing of Luis Suárez, promoted by Simeone, was a success, becoming one of the best scorers in LaLiga -21 goals- and one of the architects of the rojiblanco success.

With a new success in his pocket and another title in the Metropolitano's showcases, Simeone can now look to the next season and its renewal, which the Spanish press considers close, and also start a new assault on the Champions League, the trophy that resists him.