Tafter the noise of the derby, the Atlético search the Light. And not just any one, but the one that guides you to Munich to settle the historical debt that destiny contracted with the troops of Simeone on his visit ten years ago. It is true that the rojiblancos would return next season to the stage that welcomes with the eternal memory of a world football heritage legend like Eusebiobut logically that victory against Benfica in the group stage did not serve to remove the thorn from the Champions that got out of their hands for a few seconds, at the damn minute 92.48.
In fact, just by raising the Orejona that he would return to the showcases of the eternal rival again in a dramatic way two years later, the only wound that he has not been able to heal will be able to be closed Simeone in his glorious leadership of Atlético towards one of the six clubs with a continuous presence in the Champions. Coincidences of destiny, it had to be in Lisboa where he begins his journey to a conquest that, after resisting the Atlético of Luis Aragonés, Irureta, Ufarte, Gárate and company, appears again like an illusion on the horizon of the Cholo and his current troop.
For the elderly, for Simeoneby Koke, Gabi, Godín, Raúl García and Diego Costaas well as for all those who shed tears in one of the three finals that showed the Atlético the cruelest side of football, Lisboa It does not revive bad memories, but is presented as the starting point towards the glory that in this edition has its goal in the Allianz Arena. There is no better city than Futre to start the roadmap.
Say Maria, opposite
Although returning to the fateful place of the 2014 tragedy does not stir the insides of the AtléticoYes, there is something that does not change in Of Light: Say Maria He continues to be a danger from the wing. He who was a dagger then, today leads the Benfica erected into one of the greatest legends of a club that cares for and praises its legends to the maximum, starting with the statue of Eusebio and ending with the presidency he holds Rui Costa. However, the present says that since Bruno Lage will take command of the bench, all appearances are counted by victories. Another obstacle in the attempt Atlético to rewrite your story in the Champions.
