Like father, like son.
Diego Simeone inspired Lazio to a 1-0 victory over Juventus in Turin, scoring the winning goal in the 1999-2000 Serie A clash.
And the Atletico Madrid head coach watched from afar as his son Giovanni put Italian champions Juve to the sword with a brace in Genoa’s stunning 3-1 triumph on Sunday.
Diego Simeone was quick to pay tribute to the 21-year-old forward on Twitter afterwards, with the accompanying caption of “exciting”.
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— Diego Pablo Simeone (@Simeone) November 27, 2016
Giovanni Simeone netted twice to help Genoa to a shock 3-1 win over leaders Juventus in Sunday’s Serie A encounter at the Stadio Luigi Ferraris.
The Argentine had failed to score in his last six league outings, but rediscovered his touch as Juve suffered a nightmare opening half an hour during which they conceded three times and left themselves too much to do.
Simeone opened the scoring after just three minutes with a finish from close range, doubling his tally shortly after with a glancing header.
An own goal from Alex Sandro then all but put the match to bed as Genoa claimed their second big scalp of the campaign, having trounced AC Milan 3-0 at home last month.
Miralem Pjanic netted a fine consolation free-kick with eight minutes remaining, but the reigning champions were ultimately undone by their dreadful start as they fell to their third league defeat of 2016-17.
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