Madrid’s derby rivalry has spilled from the pitch into club messaging, with Real Madrid releasing a video aimed at Atlético de Madrid and, above all, Diego Simeone.
The piece brings together archive clips of Simeone and Atlético chief executive Miguel Ángel Gil Marín, using their past calls for respect and their complaints about refereeing as the basis for an ironic response. Real Madrid’s video presents those statements in a pointed critique of their city rivals’ stance on officials.
Simeone is the central figure in the publication, while Gil Marín also appears through the selected material. The move adds another public edge to the relationship between the two Madrid clubs, with Real choosing video footage rather than a formal statement to answer Atlético’s criticism of refereeing.
