Back in Italy, Diego Simeone, although the Catania football seems now more than ever in the province of Buenos Aires. With eleven Argentine players in pink, Pietro Lo Monaco - CEO rossoazzurro - it seemed logical to replace the sacked Giampaolo with a "Porteño". The word, which literally means "port", marks the inhabitants of Buenos Aires. Is there a hospital in the Avenida José María Moreno, who at 5:30 of the April 28, 1970 is the light Diego Pablo Simeone , known as "El Cholo '. This
his nickname, affibbiatogli age of 14 by Victor Spinetti, then in charge of the youth of Velez Sarsfield, in the thirties with the vice champion of the goals, which again saw the fighting spirit of Caramel Diego Simeone, who defended and Vélez Boca Juniors in the late fifties and sixties, said, "Cholo" (mestizo, dall'azteco "Xoloitzcuintli).
The mystery of the nickname, it is now necessary to dwell on the particular habits of the little Diego, and five years used the soldiers to simulate football games, while the more warlike peers were playing to make war. The first kick he pulls into Club Villa Malcolm, the Palermo district team in "El Cholo" originates, for the accuracy of Palermo Viejo (Old Palermo, the oldest part of the barrio ). Switch to ' Estrella de oro of Avenida Caseros , so Gimnasia y Esgrima .
Then Vélez Sársfield , which debuted in the Primera División own against Gimnasia: is September 13, 1987. A month later, on October 12, get the first goal against Deportivo Español, it plays to the "José Amalfitani ," the home of Vélez. His tackle not go unnoticed: it is the squad for Argentina Bicentennial Australia Cup, an event which also take part in Brazil and Saudi Arabia, apart from the 'Socceroos' hosts.
Robe for the first time the prestigious shirt albiceleste July 14, 1988, losing 4-1 against Australia, while it only takes four minutes, in the final for the third and fourth place held two days later against 'Saudi Arabia to score the first goal. Romeo Anconetani , always ready to bet on young people aware of it and takes him to Pisa. Wins the America's Cup twice, in 1991 and 1993, with the number 10 on his back, while Italy salutes and goes to Seville , dove rimane per due anni prima essere acquistato dall’Atletico Madrid. Con i «Colchoneros» per tre stagioni, prende parte alla storica doppietta del 1996: campionato e Coppa del Re finiscono nella bacheca biancorossa, Simeone segna 12 gol nella sola Liga.
Sandro Mazzola , all’epoca responsabile del mercato dell’ Inter , veste nuovamente «el Cholo» di nerazzurro: «È cresciuto molto in Spagna», assicura. Vince la Coppa UEFA, sfiora lo scudetto e – complici alcuni dissapori con Lippi e, pare, Ronaldo – va a vincerlo con la maglia della Lazio due anni più tardi. Lo scudetto di questo Catania, invece, is called salvation. And Diego Pablo Simeone said "el Cholo" is hardly let him escape, just like a loose ball in midfield.
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