Atletico Madrid has put the Champions League on the back burner to focus on the Liga title, says Diego Simeone.
Diego Simeone has stressed the need for focus from Atletico Madrid as his side tries to usurp Barcelona and snatch the Liga title in the closing weeks of the season.
Atletico reached the Champions League final Tuesday after an away-goals victory over Bayern Munich, but the upcoming clash with Real Madrid in Milan is far from Simeone's mind ahead of Sunday's match at Levante.
With only two matches of the league campaign to play Atletico and Barca are locked on 85 points at the top – Luis Enrique's men leading on head-to-head record – and Simeone hopes his side can frustrate its Catalan rival once again, having already knocked it out of Europe.