Is Diego Simeone counting his last days with Atletico Madrid? A topic that may be number one in the Spanish media in recent days.Before the start of the season, Los Colchoneros forged one of their strongest teams in the last 15 years – however, Atletico Madrid are playing below expectations. There are plenty rumours that Simeone is about to say goodbye to the club, most likely when the season ends in Spain.The speculations also state the player’s loyalty to their legendary coach is in doubt. But all that is torn to pieces by Stefan Savić, the Montenegrin defender, who is one of Cholo’s most faithful soldiers. For Savić, there is no doubt that Simeone has the full support of his squad.”I have no dilemmas about the coach or our team. He has always been the same – very motivated, very focused on achieving success with this team and we all follow him and will follow him to the grave! I am sure that this club deserves the Champions League trophy and will win it in the near future.”, said Savić in an interview for AS.Wed 23:00: (2.65) Atl.Madrid (3.05) Man.Utd. (3.05)The question stands – can they do it this season?”I do not know. Let’s think about the next game first. Everything is possible in football.”They asked Savić if he was obsessed with winning the Champions League.“Honestly, I was obsessed since I was a boy. My dream was to win the Champions League and I was close to realizing that dream. I was very close in that final in Milan, next season we reached the semifinals, and then the quarterfinals … We know how difficult it is, we will keep trying and I am one hundred percent sure that one day we will succeed. I’m sure!”The Montenegrin defender also says that everything is in perfect order in the Atletico locker room.”Everything is very good and we are in complete unity, which could be seen at the match in Pamplona. This is the right path, I have no dilemma. Work, without much talk, the only right way to deal with the adversities we are in is on the pitch.”Mount and Azpilicueta back in the Chelsea squad for tonight’s high-pressure UCL tie against LilleSavic was asked a tricky question whether he thinks that the leaders of the club want Simeone on the bench for many more years.”I have no doubts about that. I have been in this club for seven years, always with this coach, who is amazing and who has brought a lot of success to Atletico. Therefore, there is no room for any dilemma about his status. I have absolute confidence in him and I am sure that we will all get out of this situation together.”Atletico played a match without conceding a goal for the first time since May in the match against Osasuna (0-3), which especially affects Savić, as a defender.”We have a strange season, it seemed at one point that every shot towards our goal ended up in the net. Although in the first 20 matches we were the team facing the fewest shots. We were very unlucky, but we were also not as aggressive in the attack as before. We are working to solve all the problems.”On Wednesday, Atletico will meet Manchester United in the eighth-finals of the Champions League.”The chances are 50-50. They are a great team, with a rich history in the Champions League, they have very good players, a strong team, but we also have our chances. It will be a tough encounter.”Sat 23:00: (1.60) Atl.Madrid (3.80) Celta (6.00)Savic added that he does not feel especially excited by the fact he is facing Cristiano Ronaldo.”I feel respect for Cristiano, but nothing more than that. It doesn’t excite me especially when I play against him. It is always good when matches of the highest level are played, but there are so many great players in the Champions League that matches against them do not change anything.”Stefan Savić also recalled the period when he was in Manchester City.”It was a very important step for me, because I went there directly from the Serbian league and it was a big step. Now that I look back, maybe I wasn’t ready for the Premier League at the time, it was too much of a leap. But, it was also a huge experience, I played more than 20 games and that meant a lot to me, I grew as a player and as a person. Then I didn’t see myself ready to play at that level and I decided to go to Italy. That was good for me, I made a lot of progress during the three years and it helped me come to Atletico “, concluded Savić.
