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Simeone: Atletico showed what they're made of

Diego Simeone has taken his side to another final. Credit: Reuters

Atletico Madrid boss Diego Simeone hailed the "huge mettle" of his team as they booked a place in the Champions League final at the expense of Bayern Munich.

Bayern won 2-1 on aggregate in Bavaria but Antoine Griezmann's strike for the Spanish side took them through to the final on the away goals rule after they won the first leg 1-0.

It was a fantastic first half from Bayern. Then, we saw a formidable team and had little response to the situations they proposed.

The second half was more even. We went out very well in the counter-attack that resulted in the goal and that allowed us to have an advantage.

But the boys showed huge mettle at the end of the match. We go through to the final very happy.

– Diego Simeone