Whakarāpopototia te tuhinga:  Ko te kaiwhakahaere o Atletico Madrid a Diego Simeone e whakapono ana kei te whai waahi tana kapa i tetahi 'wa nui' ahakoa kei te takaro ratou i te whakataetae taitara o La Liga. E whitu ngā piro i muri i ngā kaiārahi o Barcelona, ā, e 1-0 ana hoki rātou ki a Bayer Leverkusen i muri i te tukinga tuatahi o te whakataetae Champions League whakamutunga 16 o te whakataetae. Engari ahakoa ngā hapa o nā tata nei, kāore a Simeone i te whakaae ki te whakakore i ngā tūponotanga o tana kapa ki te whakahoutia i te angitu o te tau whakamutunga. E whakapono ana te kaiwhakahaere o Atletico Madrid, a Diego Simeone, kei te whai 'wā nui' tana kapa ahakoa te noho i te tuawha. Ko Antoine Griezmann (maui) me Fernando Torres e whakangungu ana i mua i te tukinga o te Rahoroi ki a Espanyol. 'He maha tonu nga keemu i mahue,' i kii ia ki nga kairipoata i te Paraire. 'Me tatari tatou kia kite i te mutunga o te riiki, kātahi ka arotakehia he aha te mea i tupu. 'Kei te hiahia katoa koutou ki te whakataurite i tēnei kapa ki te tau o mua, he mea kāore rawa au i te whakaaro. 'Ki taku whakaaro e ono nga tohu iti iho i a tatou i te tau kua hipa. Ki taku whakaaro he wa tino pai tātau.' Ka whakanui te kaitakawaenga a Koke i muri i tana whiwhinga i te whiringa toa 1-1 a Atletico i te kainga ki a Valencia i te mutunga o te wiki kua hipa. Ko Koke e whakaekehia ana e ona hoa kapa, tae atu ki a Liverpool me Chelsea o mua a Torres (matau) Atletico ka tango i a Espanyol i te Rahoroi a ka rapu a Simeone i nga tohu e toru kia eke ki runga ake i a Valencia, nana nei i wikitoria a Deportivo i te ahiahi o te Paraire. 'Kei te tumanako matou ki te hoki ki te wikitoria, he mea nui,' ka tapiritia e Simeone. Ko te tūmanako, ki a Espanyol ka taea e mātou te whakahoki mai i te pūmautanga i a mātou i te haurua tuatahi ki a Valencia, arā ko tō mātou āhua tākaro, ā, ko te mea e uaua ai te tākaro ki a mātou.
E whitu ngā piro kei muri i te kaiārahi o Barcelona te toa o Atletico Madrid. Kei muri anō hoki a Atletico i tā rātau whakataetae Champions League whakamutunga 16. Engari e harikoa ana te kaiwhakahaere o Diego Simeone ki ngā mahi a tōna kapa. I wikitoria a Atletico i a La Liga, ā, i eke ki te whiringa toa o te Champions League i te tau kua hipa.