{"id":39014,"date":"2024-12-20T22:56:29","date_gmt":"2024-12-20T19:56:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/?p=39014"},"modified":"2024-12-20T22:56:29","modified_gmt":"2024-12-20T19:56:29","slug":"simeone-eyes-first-away-win-over-barcelona","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/2024\/12\/20\/simeone-eyes-first-away-win-over-barcelona\/","title":{"rendered":"Simeone Eyes First Away Win Over Barcelona"},"content":{"rendered":"<div dir=\"auto\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">Atletico Madrid coach Diego Simeone, the longest-serving coach in La Liga, is aiming for his first away victory against Barcelona when the two teams meet on Saturday.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Atletico visits Barcelona with both teams on 38 points, a situation that seemed unlikely less than two months ago when Barcelona led the standings by 10 points.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Simeone\u2019s in-form side has achieved 11 consecutive wins across all competitions, effectively erasing Barcelona\u2019s lead. Barcelona has played one more game than the capital club ahead of the final round of the year before the winter break.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Simeone told reporters on Friday: \u201cWhat we\u2019ve been discussing for a month and a half is that the team is working well as a unit, seeking opportunities in every match to threaten opponents, compete, and improve. We\u2019ll face a team that plays very well; I admire the young players in their midfield. Raphinha is one of the best players in the league with his courage and style. We have our strengths, and the match will undoubtedly be exciting.\u201d<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Although Atletico has not won away at Barcelona since 2006, Simeone remembers clinching the league title at Camp Nou with a draw in the final match of the 2013-14 season.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Simeone, who has led the team to two league titles, said: \u201cIt\u2019s fine that I\u2019ve never won there in my life. I\u2019ve won everywhere else and claimed the league there. It\u2019s a challenge to improve. It\u2019s cost us a lot, and the numbers speak for themselves. Clearly, I haven\u2019t found the key (to winning away against Barcelona).\u201d<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Atletico Madrid coach Diego Simeone, the longest-serving coach in La Liga, is aiming for his first away victory against Barcelona when the two teams meet on Saturday. Atletico visits Barcelona with both teams on 38 points, a situation that seemed unlikely less than two months ago when Barcelona led the standings by 10 points. Simeone\u2019s &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":39000,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-39014","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sport"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39014","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=39014"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39014\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":39015,"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39014\/revisions\/39015"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/39000"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=39014"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=39014"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=39014"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}