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Atl\u00e9tico have invested around 190 million euros (\u00a3165 million, $220 million) in each of the last two summer transfer windows, and may have the only tangible result of qualifying for the Champions League. Simeone’s contract expires in 2027 and the new majority shareholders, Apollo Sports Capital, appear reluctant to offer him an extension, giving the feeling that we are nearing the end of the most successful era in the club’s history.<\/span><\/p>\n Nothing has been decided yet, but the coming week could weigh heavily in the assessment of his mandate and guide the future of the club.<\/span><\/p>\n Even before the Champions League semi-finals, the scenario seems written: everyone expects a clash between Paris Saint-Germain and Bayern Munich, while the meeting between Atl\u00e9tico and Arsenal could prove much less attractive. However, Simeone’s Atl\u00e9tico has the means to turn things around.<\/span><\/p>\n While their reputation for fierce defense and “dark arts” persists, the Rojiblancos have actually proven themselves to be one of the most unpredictable teams in the Champions League this season, offering up goals-rich encounters. Proof of this is: Atl\u00e9tico has not experienced the slightest 0-0 and has only signed one clean sheet, at the Camp Nou against a Bar\u00e7a reduced to ten men.<\/span><\/p>\n With Julian \u00c1lvarez, Diego Simeone has one of the best strikers in the world, while versatile player Antoine Griezmann is aiming for a fairytale outcome at Atleti. Since his arrival in January from Atalanta, Ademola Lookman has brought a new dimension to the attack, and Alexander Sorloth has already scored several decisive goals.<\/span><\/p>\n A first Champions League semi-final in nine years therefore offers Simeone the opportunity to prove that he and Atleti have been able to evolve to adapt, even belatedly, to modern football.<\/span><\/p>\n Led by a young and talented collective, Arsenal look like a modernized version of Simeone’s old titles. However, a success would offer the Argentine technician an unexpected third final and would confirm, with supporting evidence, his status among the greatest coaches in the history of football.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Atl\u00e9tico have invested around 190 million euros (\u00a3165 million, $220 million) in each of the last two summer transfer windows, and may have the only tangible result of qualifying for the Champions League. Simeone’s contract expires in 2027 and the new majority shareholders, Apollo Sports Capital, appear reluctant to offer him an extension, giving the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3706,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pagelayer_contact_templates":[],"_pagelayer_content":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3705","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-arsenal"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/updatelive.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3705","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/updatelive.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/updatelive.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/updatelive.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/updatelive.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3705"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/updatelive.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3705\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/updatelive.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/3706"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/updatelive.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3705"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/updatelive.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3705"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/updatelive.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3705"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}