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Diego Simeone frightens Atletico Madrid into not giving the ball away

Diego Simeone is never chill. Not even in a basic training drill.

Laurence Griffiths

Imagine being an Atletico Madrid player and having Diego Simeone crouching near you and staring at your every pass. He is yelling -- boy, is he yelling -- and you can’t give the ball away. You can’t. If you do, he will probably kill you.

Just listen to that yell. Listen to that scream. Look at that intensity.

You sure as hell wouldn’t make a bad pass.

And that is why Atletico are so good.

This has been another edition of “Diego Simeon is frightening/amazing so let’s make up reasons why he is so good.”

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