January 1988, league match between Velez Sarsfield and NOB, 17 years old Diego Simeone played against Gerardo Martino. Martino got a red card for a challenge against Simeone.

"He reacted to something, i exaggerated a bit and the ref ended up sending him off" Simeone admitted of play acting. "The ref sent me off 10 minutes later, compensated a little for his earlier decision"