“Even our neighbors joined Atlético!”

A Cupthe one in the anteroom of the 96 doublewas the first title that Simeone won at Atlético. Another Cup, that of 2013he supposed hit on the table with which The Cholosent a message to the greats in general and the eternal rival of the city, in particular, that the trophies were no longer going to be a matter of two. As a player, Giuliano nor had he been born; As a technician he went crazy in front of the television even though he was only ten years old. His brother knows it well Gianlucathen 14, a direct witness of how that passionate fan now aspires to repeat his father’s footsteps.

“We couldn’t go to the Bernabéu because we had to go to school, Giuliano was very little. Although we watched all the games on TV, this we will never forget for all the condiments it had: the rival what was it,The 14 years that Atlético had not beaten himbe one of the my father’s first finals…Of course, the next day after class we went with the Atlético shirt,” recalls the middle of Simeone’s three sons.

We couldn’t go to the Bernabéu because we had school, the next day we wore the shirt

GIANLUCA SIMEONE

As it could not be otherwise in Cholo’s Buenos Aires home, the passion and the guess They would be very present. “We always had the same ritual, always on the same sofa, with the same flags and scarves placed in the same way, playing the anthem before starting… None of the details were ever missing, we always had everything prepared on time, we are very gentlemen,” Gianluca acknowledges.

We always had the same ritual, the same sofa, the t-shirts and scarves in the same way…

However, what was initially order immediately turned into disorder and ecstasy. “With Costa’s goal it was an incredible euphoria, but with Miranda’s goal it was already… Imagine, as seen in the video of the Europa League semi-finals against Arsenal in 2018. People think we did it on purpose, but no, we had simply put the camera on and completely forgot it was there. We went crazy, we ran to the pool, we came back…”, he confesses.

We went crazy, we ran to the pool, we came back… the neighbors wondered who was playing

“The neighbors wondered who had scored, they didn’t understand anything because neither Boca nor River were playing. But even they ended up joining Atlético,” Gianluca continues before x-raying the family crush that would also reach Giuliano. “He was the first fan, then when he grew up he was a Griezmann fan, he loved him, that’s why he went crazy with his goal“, he points out now that he no longer has it to share his passion. “No problem, now I am preparing my son Faustino, there is always someone to celebrate Atlético’s successes,” he jokes while ‘instructing’ Cholo’s grandson.

The title of your dreams

Although both Gianluca and Giuliano grew up in the River youth academy, what they could not imagine that April 2013 is that only 13 years later the youngest of the brothers was going to pass from fan to protagonist. “They always said that the little one was the bestbut we didn’t even imagine that he was going to reach Atlético. We just thought like the fans we were. Now as a brother he is proud, no one has given him anything. I hope that today we all celebrate in La Cartuja,” he ditches.