Diego Simeone reveals reason Atletico Madrid eliminated Man Utd

<h4><span style&equals;"font-size&colon; 14pt&semi;">Diego Simeone has explained how his Atletico Madrid team defeated Manchester United at Old Trafford to advance to the Champions League quarter-finals this season&period;<&sol;span><&sol;h4>&NewLine;<p><span style&equals;"font-size&colon; 14pt&semi;">Despite Manchester United&&num;8217&semi;s strong start to the first half&comma; Atletico Madrid seized the lead through Renan Lodi&&num;8217&semi;s first-half header&period;<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><img class&equals;"alignnone size-medium wp-image-20931" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;thedailypage&period;ng&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2022&sol;03&sol;FotoJet-2022-03-16T021416&period;105-300x158&period;jpg" alt&equals;"Diego Simeone reveals reason Atletico eliminated Man Utd" width&equals;"300" height&equals;"158" &sol;><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><span style&equals;"font-size&colon; 14pt&semi;">The first-half goal proved decisive&comma; knocking United out of the competition in the round of sixteen on a 2-1 aggregate&period;<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><span style&equals;"font-size&colon; 14pt&semi;">Diego Simeone told reporters after the game&comma; &&num;8220&semi;It was a tremendous effort from the lads&comma; one of our best performances this season&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><span style&equals;"font-size&colon; 14pt&semi;">&&num;8220&semi;We started with a 5-3-2 formation&comma; then switched to a 5-4-1 with Antoine Griezmann on the right side of midfield and Renan Lodi rising in importance on the left&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><span style&equals;"font-size&colon; 14pt&semi;">&&num;8220&semi;The defense was fantastic&comma; and Jan Oblak kept us calm throughout&period;&&num;8221&semi; <&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><span style&equals;"font-size&colon; 14pt&semi;">&&num;8220&semi;It was a team effort&comma;&&num;8221&semi; he noted&period;<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;