MADRID : Atletico Madrid manager Diego Simeone is counting on the team's passionate fans to spur them on in their first home match of the LaLiga season against last year's surprise package Girona on Sunday."I played my time as a footballer in front of this crowd and it was above everything else.
FILE PHOTO: Soccer Football - Atletico Madrid Training - Civitas Metropolitano, Madrid, Spain - August 23, 2024 Atletico Madrid coach Diego Simeone during training REUTERS/Violeta Santos Moura/File PhotoMADRID : Atletico Madrid manager Diego Simeone is counting on the team's passionate fans to spur them on in their first home match of the LaLiga season against last year's surprise package Girona on Sunday.
He said he had felt emotional when more than 30,000 fans showed up at the Metropolitano Stadium on Wednesday to welcome Atleti's new signings, who include former Premier League stand-outs Julian Alvarez and Conor Gallagher and Spain Euro 2024 champion Robin Le Normand. "We live it with a lot of passion, I don't forget where we come from. Sure, it will depend on a number of factors but on Wednesday I got emotional... This is a consequence of what past generations have left behind."
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