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Burgos takes aim at Simeone tactics after Atletico Madrid Super Cup defeat

German 'Mono' Burgos took aim at Atletico Madrid coach Diego Simeone's tactics after their Spanish Super Cup semifinal defeat to Real Madrid.

Real won the tie 5:3 in injury-time in Riyadh.

Watching for Movistar+ was Burgos, who surprisingly took aim at Simeone's tactics. He was Simeone's No2 at Atletico for nine years.

He said: "Yes, I'm very hot... It's a team, the game beyond tactics and strategy... A team is looking for two steps forward and a team that looks two and three steps back.

"What I think is that they're conceding a lot of goals playing with five at the back. Both in 5-3-2 and in 5-4-1, with which they finish and they also score another goal. That's a lot of goals to have five defenders. That's what's happening.

"There are five defenders for three players that Madrid arrived with. Madrid had few people inside the area."

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