Cholo’s balance at home against the British

Since Diego Pablo Simeone came to the bench Atlético de Madrid In December 2011, it received visits from six British clubs, all of them from England. He Glasgow Celtic is the first Scottish and seventh set of United Kingdom who visited the colchoneros with the Argentine as coach.

Six teams who made nine visits to Athletic of Cholo. And the balance is perfectly balanced. Three wins, three draws and three losses. The most surprising thing is that at this time it received teams in the stadium Vicente Calderónwithin Metropolitan and even during the pandemic he received Chelsea in Bucharest because of Government of Spain It did not allow the British to enter the national territory because of the alert in the United Kingdom.

It was only in 2014 that a group from the Island visited for the first time Athletic of Simeon. It happened in the semi-finals of the Champions League. That match ended 0-0 with a bolt from Mourinho which will be wrong on his return. The rojiblancos won 1-3 and made it to the final.

Three years have passed City of Leicester the one who visited Vicente Calderón in the quarterfinals of the Champions League. That day, the colchoneros won thanks to little Griezmann which he himself did. The second leg ended 1-1 and the rojiblancos are in the semi-finals.

A few months later, the Chelsea was the first group to visit Atlético de Madrid within Metropolitan. Griezmann He gave the rojiblancos the lead with a penalty in the first half, but in the second he scored Morata pass on Hazard and in injury time he made it 1-2 Batshuayi pass on Marcos Alonso. What a premiere. First defeat of Cholo at home against the British.

In 2018 they received Arsenal in the semifinals of European League. Which they won 1-0 thanks to a goal from Diego Costa from a pass from Griezmann. That result plus 1-1 in Highbury the colchoneros were allowed to advance to the final. A final they won 3-0 match Olympique de Marseille.

The next game is in 2020. The colchoneros received a Liverpool who came as champions of the competition and where they won 1-0 with a goal Saul. The second leg was one of the tightest matches in recent times for Atlético in the Champions League, where they ended up winning 2-3 to advance.

A year later came the strange forced exile Bucharest. Spain He didn’t let England in because of the level of the pandemic, and found the solution to play the first leg there. They lost 0-1 with a goal Giroud. The second leg was 2-0 and they were eliminated.

The remaining meetings are in the 2022-23 season. A campaign where he first went through Metropolitan Liverpool won 2-3, then Manchester United which drew 1-1 and fell 0-1 in the second leg with a goal from I gaveand finally 0-0 match City of Manchester which the rojiblancos fell because of the same DeBruyne on the road

Now, it will be Celtic Glasgow the next one.