FILE PHOTO: Soccer Football - LaLiga - Valencia v Atletico Madrid - Estadio de Mestalla, Valencia, Spain - February 22, 2025 Atletico Madrid coach Diego Simeone looks on REUTERS/Pablo Morano/File Photo
(Reuters) - Atletico Madrid coach Diego Simeone is hoping the success his players had on international duty will help revive the club's fortunes after a difficult month in which they lost successive LaLiga games and were knocked out of the Champions League.
Third-placed Atletico are seven points behind league leaders Barcelona, who beat them 4-2 on March 16, days after they were eliminated from the Champions League last 16 on penalties.
