Diego Simeone calls for realism

Atletico Madrid boss Diego Simeone plays down talk of La Liga success this season.

By Matt Law, Football Editor | 22 January 2014

Atletico Madrid boss Diego Simeone has admitted that he does not welcome title talk from the club's supporters.

Atletico currently sit second in La Liga, level on points with leaders Barcelona and one point ahead of third-place Real Madrid after 20 matches.

However, Simeone has urged the fans to "relax" and called for realistic expectations in the second part of the season.

"The fans want to believe that Atletico Madrid can win La Liga and I don't like that because if not, it would be seen as a failure," he told Cuatro.

"I don't want to build up false expectations. I don't think it's fair to dream. Dreaming is for the fans. I urge the fans to relax, don't listen to everything you hear and look at the reality that we have, game by game."

Atletico face Athletic Bilbao in the quarter-finals of the Copa del Rey on Thursday.

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	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	PTS
1	Real Madrid	33	26	6	1	71	22	49	84
2	Barcelona	33	22	7	4	68	39	29	73
3	Girona Girona	33	22	5	6	69	40	29	71
4	Atletico Madrid Atletico	33	20	4	9	62	39	23	64
5	Athletic Bilbao	33	16	10	7	53	33	20	58
6	Real Sociedad	33	13	12	8	46	35	11	51
7	Real Betis Betis	33	12	13	8	41	39	2	49
8	Valencia	33	13	8	12	37	38	-1	47
9	Villarreal	33	12	9	12	54	55	-1	45
10	Getafe	33	10	13	10	41	45	-4	43
11	Osasuna	33	11	6	16	37	49	-12	39
12	Alaves Alaves	33	10	8	15	31	38	-7	38
13	Sevilla	33	9	11	13	42	46	-4	38
14	Las Palmas Las Palmas	33	10	7	16	30	41	-11	37
15	Rayo Vallecano	33	7	13	13	27	42	-15	34
16	Mallorca	33	6	14	13	27	39	-12	32
17	Celta Vigo	33	7	10	16	37	50	-13	31
18	Cadiz Cadiz	33	4	14	15	23	46	-23	26
19	Granada	33	4	9	20	36	61	-25	21
R	Almeria	33	1	11	21	32	67	-35	14