Simeone: We are changing Atletico Madrid's history, but it seems that nobody sees that LaLiga He denied being a defensive coach

Diego Simeone has admitted that Atletico Madrid's history has changed throughout his seven and a half years at the team's helm.

The Argentine has claimed that no one seems to pay attention to the club's achievements over the last few seasons.

"It seems that nobody sees that [their achievemnets], but it's not only that we became champions [of LaLiga Santander], but we are changing the history of the club," Simeone told La Nacion.

"In these seven and a half years we won seven trophies and lost three finals, two of which in the Champions League and one in the Supercopa de Espana against Barcelona.

"Atletico Madrid have started to place themselves among teams such as Liverpool, Inter, Juventus..."

Simeone went on to shrug off the label of being a defensive coach that has been attached to him due to Atletico's solid performances.

"We played our first Europa League final [with Simeone at the helm] against [Marcelo] Bielsa's Athletic Club, which was a great team," he added.

"We featured Adrian [Lopez], Gabi [Fernandez], Mario Suarez and Diego [Ribas] in midfield and Arda Turan and [Radamel] Falcao [in advanced positions].

"In the Copa del Rey final that we won against Real Madrid at the Santiago Bernabeu, we had Diego Costa, Falcao and Arda in attack, with Koke, Gabi and Tiago [Mendes] in midfield.

"Can you say that these teams are defensive, with Juanfran [Torres], who played as a winger at right-back and Filipe Luis on the left?

"We arrived at Atletico Madrid and found a very solid team due to their nature and the characteristics of Raul Garcia, Cristian Rodriguez, Gabi, [Joao] Miranda and Diego Godin.

"Now, following the team's financial growth, we have started targeting players with other characteristics [such as flair and creativity]."