🎥 Staff step in during bust-up: Simeone confronts Arsenal star | OneFootball

The Champions League semi-final between Atlético and Arsenal may not have been an attacking spectacle like PSG vs Bayern, but it was at least just as emotionally charged. Fierce challenges and plenty of drama surrounding numerous penalty decisions. Even after the final whistle, tempers briefly flared again. 

What happened? Arsenal defender Ben White was on his way to the tunnel area and, just before the entrance to the players’ tunnel, walked over Atlético’s club crest on the floor. Many players follow a kind of unwritten rule to avoid stepping on such crests. A matter of respect, according to the general consensus.

White did not stick to that code in this moment. The Arsenal star marched straight over it. Atlético coach Diego Simeone, who was walking directly behind him, clearly did not like that at all. Video footage shows the scene and the anger of the Argentine, which led to a brief confrontation involving several players. 

After a brief altercation, however, members of both teams’ staff quickly stepped in to separate the two men.  

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