A fine performance from Simeone's men see's them take a 1-1 draw to the Camp Nou for next week’s second leg of the Spanish Super Cup. A scorching first half volley from David Villa gave Atleti the lead before Barca struck back through Neymar on the hour mark.
The coach talked about the game this Wednesday against Barcelona in the first leg of the Spanish Super Cup held at the Vicente Calderon at 23:00. He praised the Catalans, but trust his men to put in a good performance.
The team held the penultimate training session before the Supercup in Majadahonda Sports. After an hour of exercise, Simeone called up his squad for the second session of the day, on Tuesday afternoon at the Vicente Calderon.
Cristian Rodriguez rounded off the first win of the season with a goal in injury time. He dedicated the goal to his future daughter, who will be born in November.
The Brazilian striker opened the scoring at the Ramon Sanchez Pizjuan with the first two goals of the game, repeating what he did in the last league match of last season. Seville is the team that he has scored against the most since joining the Spanish football.
Atletico Madrid picked up a great victory at the Sanchez Pizjuan (1-3) thanks to two goals from Diego Costa and one from Cristian Rodriguez. A great game from Atleti who started the league like they ended the previous one, with a win.