On June 19, Lumen Field in Seattle. Over 51,000 rowdy fans doing their thing drums, scarves, the whole nine yards. The place looked ready to explode. Seattle Sounders versus Atlético de Madrid, Club World Cup.
Atletico Madrid have picked up their first win of the 2025 Club World Cup after a 3-1 victory over Seattle Sounders at Lumen Field. Diego Simeone’s needed a response after being thrashed 4-0 by European champions Paris Saint-Germain in their opening group stage match, and fortunately, they had a good start in Seattle.
Atletico Madrid look like ending the season without silverware, but it has still been a good campaign for Los Colchoneros, who have once again re-invented themselves under long-serving head coach Diego Simeone.
Atletico Madrid will hit the pause button on their La Liga title challenge in midweek as Diego Simeone’s side head off to Barcelona. Los Rojiblancos face off with Hansi Flick’s side in the first leg of their Copa del Rey semi final double header in the coming weeks.
If you had to choose, you’d probably categorise Diego Simeone as more of canine figure than feline, but there was no mistake on Tuesday night – he was purring about his football team.
Atletico Madrid eased to a 2-0 La Liga home win over Las Palmas in a family affair in the Spanish capital. Los Rojiblancos stretch their unbeaten home record this season in domestic action as Giuliano Simeone netted his first goal for the club.
Atletico Madrid’s marquee signing Julian Alvarez has spoken to the club media for the first time as a Colchonero, having signed his contract and had the move confirmed on Monday.
Back in August, Giuliano Simeone suffered a broken leg and ankle during a pre-season friendly against Segunda side Burgos. The 21-year-old had only recently arrived on a season-long loan from Atletico Madrid, and the expectation was that he would be out of action for at least 6-8 months.