Atletico Madrid coach Diego Simeone urged his players to quickly switch focus onto their Champions League clash with Real Madrid rather than getting carried away with Saturday’s 1-0 home win over Athletic Bilbao that provisionally lifted them to the top of LaLiga. Atletico face Real in the first leg of the Champions League last-16 in a mouth-watering Madrid derby, something Simeone is wary of despite his team’s good form. “We have a big game in the Champions League, and at the moment, we just have to focus on that and get well rested during these three days off,” Simeone told a news conference. Hailing substitute Julian Alvarez, who sealed the victory minutes after coming on for Alexander Sorloth just before the hour mark against Athletic Bilbao yesterday, Simeone said: “We were lucky to have Julian in the second half and for him to finish the counter-attack the way he did.”. Atletico top LaLiga with 56 points, two clear of Barcelona, who host Real Sociedad on Sunday. Meanwhile, Real Madrid dropped a place to third in the standings after losing 2-1 at Real Betis on Saturday.