{"id":31066,"date":"2026-01-12T16:31:36","date_gmt":"2026-01-12T16:31:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/un-news.org\/atletico-madrid-manager-simeone-apologizes-for-his-remarks-regarding-real-madrid-forward-vinicius\/"},"modified":"2026-01-12T16:31:36","modified_gmt":"2026-01-12T16:31:36","slug":"atletico-madrid-manager-simeone-apologizes-for-his-remarks-regarding-real-madrid-forward-vinicius","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/un-news.org\/en\/atletico-madrid-manager-simeone-apologizes-for-his-remarks-regarding-real-madrid-forward-vinicius\/","title":{"rendered":"Atletico Madrid manager Simeone apologizes for his remarks regarding Real Madrid forward Vin\u00edcius."},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"model-response-message-contentr_589db60d3dd05a9f\" class=\"markdown markdown-main-panel enable-updated-hr-color\" dir=\"ltr\" aria-live=\"polite\" aria-busy=\"false\">\n<p data-path-to-node=\"0\">Atletico Madrid coach Simeone apologizes to Vin\u00edcius J\u00fanior<\/p>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"1\">Madrid \u2013 United News Network \u2013 UNN: Atletico Madrid coach Diego Simeone has apologized to Real Madrid star Vin\u00edcius J\u00fanior for his behavior toward him during the Spanish Super Cup semi-final.<\/p>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"2\">Simeone directed some words at the 25-year-old Brazilian player Vin\u00edcius J\u00fanior from the technical area, and reports indicated that the Argentine suggested that Real Madrid president Florentino P\u00e9rez would trade his contract.<\/p>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"3\">Vin\u00edcius, whose contract runs until the summer of 2027, helped his team defeat Atletico 2-1 in the semi-final held last Thursday, before Real Madrid beat Barcelona 3-2 in a close final held in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.<\/p>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"4\">Simeone said: &#8220;I wish to apologize to Mr. Florentino and to Vin\u00edcius for the incident they witnessed.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"5\">He added: &#8220;It was a mistake on my part to put myself in that position, and I accept that it was an error. The team that wins deserves to qualify; they are the rightful qualifiers.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"6\">Simeone exchanged words with Vin\u00edcius when the player was substituted after 81 minutes of the match.<\/p>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"7\">When asked if his behavior had crossed the line, Simeone remarked: &#8220;I apologize, but I am not asking for forgiveness. I have nothing more to add.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>United News Network \u2013 UNN Arabic<\/p>\n<p>An independent media platform providing reliable news and objective analysis, seeking to promote peace and cultural dialogue worldwide, to convey the truth and build bridges of understanding between peoples.<\/p>\n<p>For more news, you can visit our homepage:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"VPsr48vH3c\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/un-news.org\/en\/\">Home<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"&#8220;Home&#8221; &#8212; \u0634\u0628\u0643\u0629 \u0627\u0644\u0623\u062e\u0628\u0627\u0631 \u0627\u0644\u0645\u062a\u062d\u062f\u0629 \u2013 UNN \u0627\u0644\u0639\u0631\u0628\u064a\u0629\" src=\"https:\/\/un-news.org\/en\/embed\/#?secret=fbzQsvW00g#?secret=VPsr48vH3c\" data-secret=\"VPsr48vH3c\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Atletico Madrid coach Simeone apologizes to Vin\u00edcius J\u00fanior Madrid \u2013 United News Network \u2013 UNN: Atletico Madrid coach Diego Simeone has apologized to Real Madrid star Vin\u00edcius J\u00fanior for his behavior toward him during the Spanish Super Cup semi-final. Simeone directed some words at the 25-year-old Brazilian player Vin\u00edcius J\u00fanior from the technical area, and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":31065,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[52],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-31066","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sports-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/un-news.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31066","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/un-news.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/un-news.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/un-news.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/un-news.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=31066"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/un-news.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31066\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/un-news.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/31065"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/un-news.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31066"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/un-news.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=31066"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/un-news.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=31066"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}