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How Simeone’s son appeared like the key to AtleticoPublished at. 19:50 Greenwich average time

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Alex Bysouth
BBC Sport Senior Journalist

As a child, over coffee and croissants in their original Argentina, Giuliano Simeone chatted with his father, Diego, about the benefits of taking the Atletico Madrid job.

Almost 14 years later, and now the most decorated coach in Los Rojiblancos’ history, there is no sense that the boss only repay the youngest of his three sons by giving him a chance in Metropolitano.

After swapping Buenos Aires to Madrid as a 16-year-old and left the river plate to participate in Atletico’s youth ranks, the 22-year-old has had to bite his time for a chance in his father’s side. Few can claim that he has not earned it.