Mateu-Simeone: One last dance?

He Atletico Madrid will face another game this weekend in search of his position as Champions League and if possible, from the second place in the table. The mattress team will visit skunka stadium with great memories where he was the last winner League which is in the windows of Metropolitanthe one on 20/21.

And for that conflict it is already known who will intervene. It will be an old acquaintance, a referee who has aroused not a little skepticism in the mattress locker room due to many episodes over the years. We define Mateu Lahoz. The Valencian referee may find himself before the last of the matches whistle on Atlético Madrid, since he recently met at the hands of those Technical Committee of Referees, that he will not continue in First Class next year.

Within VARin the clash of Valladolid, Xavier Estrada Fernandez This will be the referee who will review the photos. The relationship of Mateu Lahoz with the Athleticespecially with his coach, mate SimeonIt has become complicated in recent years.

In balladsa few seasons ago, Simeon He got into trouble with the referee. While in 2016 he was sent off in a match against Malaga due to an attack action by the Andalusian team, from the mattress bench they threw the ball onto the field. Since the author cannot be identified, the regulation points to the coach as responsible. And Simeone had to leave early. A few courses ago, in the derby Athletic argued in valdebebas for the works of Bernabeu, there was also chaos. He Cholo had to be taken Savic dragging because the Montenegrin almost literally ate the referee for the decisions he was making.

SIMEONE’S WARNING

And even in public, Simeon He always says he likes how he referees Mateu Lahoz, in private matters there should be more nuances. As can be seen from the confession made a few months ago by Rodrigo de Paul. After the World Cup, the media in Argentina told a strange anecdote.

After what happened in the quarterfinals of Qatar World Cup 2022 in the conflict of Argentina against Netherlands, c.With the endless number of yellow cards shown by Matthew and many complaints from the South American team (even from Messi publicly) that possibly prevented the Spaniard from blowing the whistle in the final of the event, the Cholo Argentina’s three players were brought together before a game of Athletic.

“There are four hours to go and the delegate of Atletico Madrid we are warned (in Nahuel Molinain Angel Correa already to Paul) that we talked to him Cholo. He asked us not to talk to him or greet him. In Cholo nothing escapes him, he is torn. He also told us that if he charges anyone, turn around and leave, especially me. That match ate my tongue,” he said Rodrigo de Paul someone to talk to TyC Sports.