Atletico Madrid boss Diego Simeone mocked Real Madrid winger Vinicius Jr during the Spanish Super Cup semi-final, telling him Madrid were going to "get rid" of him and cupping his ear as the Jeddah crowd jeered. Vinicius reacted angrily and a mini scuffle involved members of both coaching staffs. Real Madrid won the semi-final 2-1 and later lost the final 3-2 to Barcelona. Simeone apologised to Vinicius and president Florentino Perez at a news conference ahead of Atletico's Copa del Rey tie, acknowledging his actions were not acceptable. Xabi Alonso criticised the behaviour as crossing the line of professional respect.
"First of all, I would like to apologise to [Madrid president] Mr Florentino [Perez] and Mr Vinicius for the incident they witnessed. Obviously, it was not right of me to put myself in that position, and I accept that it was clearly not acceptable."
"I don't like what happened in that moment. I saw that El Cholo said something to him. For me, this type of thing crosses the line of respect for a fellow professional. I don't like when anyone says things like that to my team-mates. I always try and show respect to the opposition players. Not everything goes."
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