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The Sheer Passion In Simeone's Celebration After Griezmann Goal Is Just Brilliant

The Sheer Passion In Simeone's Celebration After Griezmann Goal Is Just Brilliant

The Atletico Madrid boss was sent to the stands after being sent off.

Nasir Jabbar

Nasir Jabbar

Passion. A lot of passion.

Diego Simeone produced a brilliantly-passionate celebration after Antoine Griezmann netted an away goal against Arsenal in the Europa League semi-final first-leg.

Atletico Madrid were reduced to 10-men in just the 12th minute following the sending off of Sime Vrsaljko.

The Atletico Madrid boss was p*ssed to say the least. He angrily remonstrated with the referee who subsequently sent him off, too.

Simone watches on from the stands. Image: PA
Simone watches on from the stands. Image: PA

Simeone had to watch the rest of the game from the stands, with cameras capturing his reaction to the equalising goal.

And, as ever, it was epic.

His son enjoyed the moment as well. Like father, like son.

Griezmann's strike leveled the tie as his side return to Madrid for the second-leg with a vital away goal in the bag.

And following the match, Simeone shared his thoughts on the first-leg in the post-match press conference.

"It's tough to know what to say," he said.

"The ref decided to send off Vrsaljko and I thought an Arsenal player should have got a booking. When I protested he sent me off."

Griezmann nets Atleti's goal. Image: PA
Griezmann nets Atleti's goal. Image: PA
Griezmann wheels away in celebration. Image: PA
Griezmann wheels away in celebration. Image: PA

Simeone added: "To be honest it was 90 minutes in which my body was full of strong emotions, these players are basically heroes.

"They stood firm, after a long season, for 80 minutes in tremendous way. I have goosebumps thinking about the next match."

Never change, Diego. Never change.

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Topics:Β Football News, Football, Atletico Madrid, Diego Simeone

Nasir Jabbar is a journalist at SPORTbible. He graduated from Bath Spa University with a BA in Media Communications. He's a combat sport aficionado, and has contributed to MMA websites AddictedMMA and CagePotato. Nasir has covered some of the biggest fights, while interviewing the likes of Conor McGregor, Michael Bisping and Anthony Joshua. He's also an avid Bristol City fan.

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