Atletico Madrid coach Diego Simeone will be proud of his youngest son, Giuliano Simeone.
Atletico advanced to the semifinals with a 5-0 victory over Getafe in the quarterfinals of Spain's Copa del Rey in the 2024-2025 season at Riyadh Air Metropolitano in Madrid, Spain on the 5th (Korea time).
Giuliano Simeone was by far the winner. Diego Simeone played his son as a right winger in a 4-4-2 formation. Simeone's judgment was right, and Julio Simeone had his best day since making his Atletico first team debut.
Harvey Gallan sharply crossed from the left in the eighth minute of the first half. Giuliano, who was involved in the penalty box, gave his team the lead with a neat header after overcoming the defender's checks. Giuliano Simeone scored multiple goals while he was out.
Atletico's counterattack in the 17th minute of the first half, Julián Alvarez sent a conversion pass to Rodrigo de Paul, who penetrated from the right. Giuliano ran into the penalty box, and De Paul created a chance with a one-touch pass. Giuliano scored with a simple finish.
Giuliano, who gained momentum, embarrassed Getafe players by showing a huge presence on the right. Atletico's third goal also started on Giuliano's toe. On the right sideline, Giuliano sent a long pass to Houlián. Hourian handed it over to Samuel Linu, and Linu beat the defender to finish.
Even in the second half, Giuliano didn't stop. In the fourth minute of the second half, Giuliano had a hat-trick opportunity. Linu and Galan completely tore down Getafe's left defense, and Giuliano penetrated into the middle to finish Galan's cutback neatly. However, Galan's offside was declared, and his first career hat trick flew away.
In the 15th minute of the second half, coach Diego Simeone gave key players, including his youngest son, who scored multiple goals, a break. Metropolitano fans gave Giuliano a standing ovation for his crazy performance.
Giuliano is the youngest son of director Diego Simeone. When Diego Simeone was the leader of Argentina's prestigious River Plate, Giuliano also started playing soccer. After growing up at River Plate until 2019, he headed to Atletico, where his father is. After growing faithfully through the youth academy at Atletico, he has been active in the first team since this season after loaning Real Zaragoza and Alaves.
In fact, his father is coaching him, and for Diego Simeone and Giuliano, who are world-renowned masters, playing for Atletico may be burdensome.
Giuliano, however, is growing faster as he has gained the upper hand in the main competition as a right winger, not his main position. He was not the main player at the beginning of the season, but he took the main position with his skills. Thanks to my father, I can't hear that I'm playing in a big club. Diego Simeone must be proud of his son.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
