{"id":2926,"date":"2026-09-13T03:04:32","date_gmt":"2026-09-13T03:04:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sportbulletin.top\/?p=2926"},"modified":"2026-09-13T03:04:32","modified_gmt":"2026-09-13T03:04:32","slug":"diego-simeone-defends-son-giuliano-amid-criticism-ahead-of-real-sociedad-clash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportbulletin.top\/?p=2926","title":{"rendered":"Diego Simeone defends son Giuliano amid criticism ahead of Real Sociedad clash"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Diego Simeone has dismissed persistent claims of favouritism over his regular selection of son Giuliano, backing the winger\u2019s work-rate as Atletico Madrid visit <a href=\"https:\/\/onefootball.com\/en\/team\/real-sociedad-223\">Real Sociedad<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>According to Goal.com, Giuliano has featured in every Atletico match this season, starting three times in <a href=\"https:\/\/onefootball.com\/en\/competition\/laliga-10\/fixtures\">La Liga<\/a> and appearing on the Champions League\u2019s opening day against Liverpool. His only outing from the bench came in the 2-0 league win over Malaga on 19 August.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Simeone declined to be drawn on online criticism, saying: &#8220;I have nothing to say. Giuliano&#8217;s actions and work speak for themselves.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>The youngster\u2019s minutes arrive amid broader issues across the squad. Atletico were beaten 3-0 by Athletic then lost at Liverpool, conceding eight goals across their first five competitive fixtures.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Sunday\u2019s meeting in San Sebastian is a test of resolve, with Pablo Barrios sidelined by a muscle injury and Alexander Sorloth still absent in attack. An improved display at the Reale Arena feels vital if the Rojiblancos are to restore defensive solidity early in the campaign.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><em>\u201cArtificial intelligence was used to assist in creating this article based on reporting from the original source quoted.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/onefootball.com\/en\/news\/diego-simeone-defends-son-giuliano-amid-criticism-ahead-of-real-sociedad-clash-43450193\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Diego Simeone has dismissed persistent claims of favouritism over his regular selection of son Giuliano,&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2927,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pagelayer_contact_templates":[],"_pagelayer_content":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2926","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sport"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/sportbulletin.top\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/2Fv22Fphotobooth2Fcms2Fen2F434501933Fdate2026-09-13.png","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportbulletin.top\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2926","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportbulletin.top\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportbulletin.top\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportbulletin.top\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportbulletin.top\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2926"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sportbulletin.top\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2926\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportbulletin.top\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2927"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportbulletin.top\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2926"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportbulletin.top\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2926"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportbulletin.top\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2926"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}