😡 Tensions just before full-time! Simeone lays into his ex-boss
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Shortly before the final whistle, tempers flared once again in the Champions League semi-final between Arsenal and Atlético. While the Arsenal bench was calling for the whistle, Diego Simeone became furious and ran toward his former boss Andrea Berta.
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As the Arsenal chief was gesturing emphatically for the game to be ended, he was shoved by the Atlético coach. The two then had to be pulled apart.
Several Arsenal and Atlético officials, together with the fourth official, Tobias Stieler, tried to calm the situation down. Simeone was shown a yellow card for it.
Berta has been Arsenal’s sporting director for a year and previously worked with Simeone at Atlético for more than ten years. The Italian was first technical director from 2013 to 2017, then sporting director of the Rojiblancos for eight years. Over time, the two had maintained a friendly relationship.
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