Madrid (AFP) - Argentine coach Diego Simeone responded to his Spanish counterpart, Pep Guardiola, after a tense night at the "Wanda Metropolitano" stadium on Wednesday, as the quarrel between Atletico Madrid players and its guest Manchester City in the stadium and the tunnel leading to the dressing rooms overshadowed the club's qualification. English to the semi-finals of the European Champions League.
Simeone was asked after the match if he felt that Guardiola disrespected him during the quarter-final confrontation that ended with City qualifying after winning 1-0 at home before the two teams drew 0-0 in Madrid.
The Argentinian said, "Sometimes, people who know the use of vocabulary and who are intelligent, can praise you scornfully. But we who do not know the use of vocabulary well, are not stupid either."

Guadiola said after the first match in Manchester last week, "Prehistory, today and after a hundred thousand years, the attack against (the lineup) 5-5 - (zero) is very difficult," in criticism of Simeone's excessive defensive style.
"He can play the way he wants, all I said is that it is very difficult to play against them," Guardiola insisted, adding, "I have always respected this institution and this team, and I wouldn't dare attack this team. When a team knows how to defend unlike Any other team in the world, it's difficult."

None of the coaches commented on the players' behavior during the match and in the tunnel leading to the dressing rooms.
"I didn't see what happened," the Argentine said. "I was on the pitch clapping and cheering the fans. By the time I entered, there was no one there."
The police entered the tunnel after the final whistle, as the quarrels continued between the players, as video footage showed Montenegrin Stefan Savic, the Atletico player, shouting at Jack Grealish, the City winger, while the players were forced to prevent the Croatian, Shemy Versalico, from confronting Kyle Walker. Versalico seemed to spit in the tunnel in Walker's direction. The European Football Association (UEFA) has not yet announced whether it will open an investigation into the incidents.
The Brazilian Felipe was sent off in stoppage time after an intervention on Phil Foden, knowing that the latter was wearing a bandage on his head due to a previous intervention from the same player, which led to the players of the two teams entering into a fight in the final minutes of the match.
Atletico felt the City players were wasting time.

Spanish-French defender Aymeric Laporte replied, "I don't know if we were wasting time or if they got themselves into stupid clashes. We know who they are and what they did previously."
While Atletico captain Koke considered, "We receive a lot of criticism because of these things. So let's see what people think today. You saw what happened, so let's see your opinions."
City will meet in the semi-finals with another side from Madrid, this time Real, the record holder in the number of championship titles (13), while Liverpool will meet Villarreal in a purely English-Spanish match in the Golden Square.