Rising star Simeone leaves Tata in his wake

One thing was for sure going into Saturday’s all or nothing La Liga clash between Barcelona and Atletico Madrid at the Camp Nou. The fifth Argentinian coach in history was going to win the trophy.

Everything else was still to be decided.

And it was Atletico’s Diego ‘El Cholo’ Simeone celebrating on the final whistle, leaping from his technical area to join his players on the pitch, as most of the 90,000 plus home fans applauded what is a scarcely credible achievement by Simeone’s team this season.