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Atletico Madrid ended Inter’s 15-game unbeaten run, and handed them just their second defeat since September on Wednesday evening, but perhaps those were the least impressive statistics put together for Los Rojiblancos and Diego Simeone.

🙌🏻🔴⚪️🏟 ¡Buf! ¡QUÉ BARBARIDAD! Así sonó el himno del #Atleti cantado por la afición del @Metropolitano.

👉 Ad augusta per angusta. “A lo más alto a través de lo estrecho”. La pancarta que recibe a los jugadores. pic.twitter.com/4VCCpOgafV

— Atlético de Madrid (@Atletico_MD) March 13, 2024

It was a record home attendance at the Metropolitano, beating their previous high by 98 supporters, which was the La Liga tie against Real Madrid in September – 3,400 Inter fans were in attendance.

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The number of people at Atletico Madrid v Inter, 13/03/24. #AtleticoMadrid‘s record attendance. pic.twitter.com/ieblf5Cg8F

— Football España (@footballespana_) March 14, 2024

Meanwhile Diego Simeone is set to go into a 23rd knockout tie in the Champions League for Atletico, since it was rebranded from European Cup, that represents all but two of Atletico’s appearances – Euan McTear notes that Simeone has been in charge of 21 of them.

Atlético Madrid are now preparing their 23rd Champions League knockout rounds tie ever.
Diego Simeone will have been coach for 21 out of the 23 ties. pic.twitter.com/KCI0drzjGE

— Euan McTear (@emctear) March 13, 2024

He’s also been in charge for 7 of their quarter-final appearances which represents 58% of their 12 total appearances.

📊 Before Diego Simeone, Atlético Madrid had made it to the Champions League quarterfinals only five times in the club’s entire history.

Since Diego Simeone’s appointment, Atlético Madrid have reached the quarterfinals seven times in eleven attempts. pic.twitter.com/JTdbEjTj23

— Atletico Universe (@atletiuniverse) March 14, 2024

Simeone will go down as a modern day great, and undoubtedly Atletico’s greatest manager ever. He may not have won the competition yet, but he has recorded the least losses of any manager in their first 50 games in the Champions League, just pipping Jose Mourinho and Pep Guardiola. Thus far, Simeone has never lost a knockout clash at home in the Champions League.

He’s actually only lost four at home, because the Chelsea ‘home’ defeat was played in Bucharest due to Covid restrictions. https://t.co/SAbCT008Xy

— Matthew Clark (@MattClark_08) March 13, 2024