Diego Simeone went for his usual colour scheme: dark, darker, darkest, California sunshine be damned. As Atletico Madrid’s manager ran through the repertoire of his frontier preacher act, sweat ...

Simeone especially enjoys pointing out that he was a much more creative player than people might remember, proudly showing his contributions to Argentina’s 1991 and 1993 Copa America wins ...

The glory days of 2013-14, when Atletico won La Liga and came within a hair’s breadth of winning the Champions League, too, is destined to stand as his finest work, but Simeone is no one-hit wonder.