After Atlético Madrid's first goal: the most emotional moment of the night: Simeone's tears!

The most emotional moment of tonight's Champions League came when Diego Simeone was moved to tears during the match against Manchester United.

According to "Verzeh Se", the Metropolitano Stadium experienced one of its most emotional nights in recent years during the victory of Atletico Madrid against Manchester United in the European Champions League. Just a few hours before the start of the match, the news of the death of Anna Merodio, mother of Rojiblancos captain Koke, was published. Along with the victory, the memory of the Atlético captain was honored throughout this emotional night.

Atletico Madrid were looking for more than three points in their home match against Manchester United in the second week of the Champions League. The importance of winning after the defeat in the first European game, the pressure of holding the first match of this competition at the Metropolitano Stadium, which is supposed to host the final of this season, and of course a bigger mission; Simeone's students wanted to dedicate the victory to their captain, who was not present in the match due to this bitter incident. It was in the early afternoon that the news of the death of Koke Resorsion's mother was officially published.

From that moment on, the hours leading up to the match were met with an outpouring of loving messages and expressions of sympathy for Koke and his brother Borja. Even Manchester United, Atletico's rival in this match, officially offered their condolences to the club on the death of Koke's mother. In response, Atletico Club thanked Manchester United for this behavior and sympathy.

As kick-off time arrived, the tribute to the Koke family began with a minute's silence in memory of Anna Merodio, which was then broken by a standing ovation from the fans at the Metropolitano Stadium. It wasn't even 50 seconds into the match when Pablo Barrios, the player who will succeed Koke as the leader of the midfield and captain of Atletico in the future, scored the first goal to give his team a 1-0 lead. Number 8 of Atlético thrilled the stadium and dedicated his goal to the legend of this club without hesitation. He showed the number 6 with his hands and displayed it in front of the television cameras.

However, the most emotional image of the match took place on the sidelines. Diego Pablo Simeone, who was also deeply moved in the pre-match interview when talking about how the team dealt with the tragedy, began to cry after Barrios' first goal. The Argentinian head coach of Atlético, who as always feels football and events beyond it with all his heart, could not control his tears; Especially when the stadium explodes with joy and the fans honor the memory of their team captain in such a difficult situation.

Ademola Lukeman took charge of making this special night complete. The Nigerian striker scored the second and final goal of Atlético.

In this way, after Swedish referee Glenn Nyberg blew the final whistle, Atletico Madrid won their first home game in the Champions League and gave Koke his first three European points of the season.