JAKARTA - Atletico Madrid coach Diego Simeone responded casually to the bottle-throwing incident after his team faced Manchester United in the second leg of the Champions League last 16.
In a match that was held on Wednesday, March 14 in the morning, Atletico Madrid won 1-0 over Manchester United at Old Trafford Stadium thanks to a single goal from Renan Lodi. The victory of the opposing team at the MU headquarters made the Red Devils supporters angry.
As an expression of annoyance, they threw bottles into the hallway of the dressing room after the long whistle sounded. That incident coincided with the moment where Simeone left the field.
Regarding the incident, Simeone then gave a response. When he spoke, the coach was indifferent to it. He even admitted that he did not know about the throwing of bottles from Man United supporters who were emotional if they were not asked by the media crew.
"No, when I come off the pitch, I run because I'm happy and I like to enjoy it (winning) in the dressing room," Simeone said as quoted by Metro.
"So I don't know what happened. What you (journalists) just said, all I thought about was going into the dressing room and I'm very happy," he continued casually.
Although Simeone was indifferent and did not realize the moment of throwing the bottle, Atletico's victory meant so much to the coach. Because, with the final score 1-0, Atletico were able to win 2-1 on aggregate from MU.
The result was obtained after the first leg of the two teams drew 1-1 at Atletico headquarters. With this advantage, Atletico will certainly advance to the quarter-finals and MU will be automatically eliminated from the Champions League title race this season.
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