Atletico Madrid manager Diego Simeone deliberately snubs Celtic manager Brendan Rodgers following their Champions League clash

Atletico Madrid manager Diego Simeone deliberately snubs Celtic manager Brendan Rodgers following their Champions League clash

Atletico Madrid manager Diego Simeone has been criticised for a lack of sportsmanship after he barely acknowledged Celtic manager Brendan Rodgers following their Champions League clash.

Celtic picked up their first Champions League point of the 2023/24 season on Wednesday night, but they arguably should have grabbed all three after going ahead twice in the Group E tie.

 

Kyogo Furuhashi sent Celtic Park into delirium in the fourth minute after some great build-up play.

 

Antoine Griezmann equalised for Simeone’s men when he converted a penalty at the second attempt, but Celtic took the lead again three minutes later through Luis Palma, who fired past Jan Oblak with a powerful effort.

Atletico bounced back again thanks to a second-half finish from Alvaro Morata, although you could argue the Spanish side were lucky to come out with a point.

 

Then again, Diego Simeone was far from satisfied after the full-time whistle. In fact, he almost snubbed Brendan Rodgers’ handshake before walking straight down the tunnel. Check out the incident below.

Simeone isn’t keen on shaking hands with opposition managers after the game because he feels it brings about a “falseness”.

Back in 2021, after Liverpool beat Atletico Madrid 3-2 at the Wanda Metropolitano, he refrained from shaking hands with Jurgen Klopp and instead darted down the tunnel.

 

Klopp was left looking a little confused as a result, hilariously holding his thumb up as he waited for Simeone.

 

“I don’t like the greeting after the match because they are the emotions of two sides in different emotional minds,” Simeone said a week later.

 

“I know in the UK it is a custom but I don’t share it and I don’t like the falseness it may include.

“I don’t know Klopp as a person very well but I know he is a great coach who has done great work at every club he has been at.”