Diego Simeone will not soon forgive UEFA, soon after the exit of Atletico Madrid's Champions League earlier this month.
Los Rojiblancos signed up for the international break with two harmful defeats in European and domestic action.
The double fine of Julian Alvarez remains a painful subject for Simeone that remains determined, his fellow Argentine was unfairly punished in their shooting loss for Los Blancos.
A seizing Simeone then saw his team throwing away a lead against Barcelona to lose 4-2 and to admit a valuable land in the title race.
When Atletico Madrid returned to action this weekend, Simeone's mood was not in the least, because his side slid to a 1-1 draw at relegation that fights Espanyol.
Simeone was clear in his assessment after the game that UEFA is heavily responsible for his team that bends from the Champions League in the last 16 phase while preparing for the run-in.
“We won the second game in the Champions League, but it was finally decided by UEFA. We won the game”, according to quotes from Diario AS.
“Those were decisions by the referee and UEFA, with the alleged touch of Julian on the penalty, and I don't consider it a blow to our season.”
“It was a different situation against Barcelona, we were exposed to a very dangerous team and they scored four goals in 20 minutes.”
Simeone repeated his previous point of the La Liga title that was not decided until the last five games of the season, and he needs briefs from both Real Madrid and Barcelona, to retreat to the race in the coming weeks.
The next one for Simeone is a huge Copa del Rey Semi Semi collision with Barcelona on 1 April with the draw subtly in balance after a wild 4-4 draw of the first meeting in February.
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