Were Atletico Madrid's Manager Will Be Next Season

Where next for Atletico Madrid's Diego Simeone

After Atletico Madrid's Champions League final defeat to bitterest of rivals Real Madrid on Saturday, manager Diego Simeone cut a disconsolate figure.

A man famous for his fiery temper, seemingly unending passion and desire to succeed, Simeone possessed none of his trademark ferocity upon addressing the media.

In fact, Simeone displayed almost none of the qualities that both he and his Atletico team have become synonymous with over the past few seasons. The emotion, the fervour, the absolute ability to refuse to acknowledge defeat. All were missing.

In short, Simeone looked a man deflated. A man unsure for the first time in his career. A man defeated.

As he himself put it when asked how he felt, reaching two finals in three years and failing to win either is - for a man so accustomed to winning and so sure of his own ability to do so - exactly that, a failure