Simeone chose a River forward as the best of his career as DT and surprised everyone

Asked if this Atlético de Madrid attacking front full of figures is the most prominent one he led, Cholo leaned for one of the Millionaire and left everyone speechless at the press conference.

River made the news more than 10 thousand kilometers from the Monumental Stadium and that was due to a striking phrase from Diego Simeone. Asked at a press conference about whether this Atlético de Madrid forward full of figures and with the return of Antoine Griezmann is the best of his career as a coach, the Cholo leaned for one of his stage in the Millionaire and left more than one Spanish journalist speechless.

“In River, possibly, you do not remember the names, but there were Abreu, Alexis, Falcao, Buonanotte, Rosales, Ríos … They were all very good and important forwards, who coincided in the season in which we won the league in River”, assured the Argentine coach and also took the opportunity to put cold cloths on the euphoria of the mattresses, who are excited to continue embroidering stars on the shield of the hand of Luis Suárez, João Félix, Ángel Correa and now Griezmann, an old acquaintance of the house.

Simeone made reference to River champion of the Closing Tournament 2008, that without displaying a showy football, but very compact in defense, managed to stomp in Argentine football and lift the trophy on the last date, after the narrow 2-1 victory over Olimpo thanks to Diego Buonanotte’s double at the Monumental Stadium.

River champion 2008

The band won that local contest with 43 points, product of 13 wins, four draws and only two losses. He also scored 29 goals and received 13. With nine shouts, the Dwarf He was the gunner for that team. He was followed by Radamel Falcao (later he directed it at Aleti), with eight; Matías Abelairas, with five, and the Chilean Alexis Sánchez and the Uruguayan Sebastián Washington Abreu, with just two.

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