Diego Simeone is expecting to come up against some familiar characteristics when Atletico Madrid-like Sevilla host his side in La Liga on Sunday.
Atletico make the trip south looking to extend their recent good run against Unai Emery's men, having not lost any of their last 11 meetings, but Simeone acknowledged that his former team pose just as much of a threat as the Madrid giants.
The former Sevilla midfielder said: "I have great memories [of playing for Sevilla]. My introduction to Spanish football was in Sevilla. I was treated very well and had some very good years here as a player.
"As a rivalry this is an important game against a very strong team which is matched to us.
"They are a mirror to us in certain situations with a very competitive coach in Emery, who has managed to reinvent the team."
"You have the names," he said. "But these do not make the team. The facts will decide whether it is true [that this is his best squad].
"There are good players but that does not guarantee to make a good team."
