Atletico Madrid extend Diego Simeone's contract until 2024
Football | July 09, 2021 9:02 ISTSimeone took over Atletico in December 2011 and is the coach with the most consecutive seasons in charge of a Spanish league club.
Simeone took over Atletico in December 2011 and is the coach with the most consecutive seasons in charge of a Spanish league club.
The 34-year-old striker was controversially allowed to leave Barca for domestic rivals Atletico after six successful seasons at Camp Nou.
38 Liga matches and nine months later, the Uruguayan striker yielded 21 goals including the most important one in the match- and a league-winning goal against Real Valladolid in 2-1 victory.
Simeone's contract ends in 2022 and club president Enrique Cerezo made it clear on Saturday that the coach will stay for much longer if he wants to.
Atlético had just rallied to defeat Valladolid 2-1 and win its first league title in seven years on Saturday. It was the team’s 11th league title, and third since 1996, when Simeone still played for the club.
Discarded a year ago by Barcelona, Luis Suarez showed there is so much left in the Uruguayan superstar as he scored the biggest goal of Atletico Madrid's season; helping them clinch La Liga title.
The 34-year-old Uruguayan registered his name in the history book as Atlético Madrid survived a dramatic final round to clinch the title as the scoreline read 2-1.
Suárez was overcome by an outpouring of emotion that brought together the joy of victory and the satisfaction of having made Barcelona regret his exit.
Luis Suárez scored the winner for Atlético as it beat Real Madrid for the title in a wild finish that had plenty of twists.
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Suarez came to the rescue for Atletico when their La Liga title chances suddenly appeared to be slipping away on Sunday, scoring an 88th-minute winner in a 2-1 victory against Osasuna.
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Madrid won 4-1 at Granada on Thursday to stay within range of leader Atlético entering the final two rounds.
Diego Simeone’s team moved closer to ending its title drought in Spain with a 2-1 home win against Real Sociedad on Wednesday.
Atlético remained two points in front of Barcelona with three rounds to go, still in position to win its first league title since 2014.
Real Madrid stayed two points back after late goals by Éder Militão and Casemiro defeated a feisty Osasuna 2-0.
The moves came a day after the six Premier League clubs gave up on the controversial breakaway competition, leaving only four other clubs possibly still involved.
Atlético ended its winless run by routing last-place Eibar 5-0, then saw city rival Real Madrid held 0-0 by Getafe; Thibaut Courtois saves Real from imminent defeat.
A run of poor results over the past two months has whittled Atlético's once double-digit advantage down to the slimmest of margins.
There will be 10 league games left for each team after the weekend, with Atletico seeking its first title since 2014 and Barcelona its third in four seasons
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