"I hope the fans blow up the Wanda Metropolitano, that it explodes," said Atletico Madrid coach Diego Simeone at the news conference following his side's 1-1 Europa League semifinal first-leg draw at Arsenal last week. "There must be positive energy to accompany these kids. I get goosebumps thinking of how next Thursday could be." Simeone was still pumping as he spoke -- having watched from the stands as Atletico's 10 men battled to a 1-1 draw at the Emirates following Sime Vrsaljko's early red card, with the Argentine also sent off for abusing the referee soon afterwards. "Hopefully our fans can help us to go through in the return," Antoine Griezmann said. "We must do it now, we expect a euphoric atmosphere at the Wanda." It seemed, maybe, as if Simeone and Griezmann had momentarily forgotten their team had moved home last season. Atletico's old, crumbling Vicente Calderon stadium was a place that exploded and grew eupho...
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