Atletico Madrid coach Diego Simeone has dismissed their favourites tag for the Europa League final against Olympique Marseille.

This will be the Argentine's eighth final with Los Rojiblancos.

"Whenever I played a final I experienced it with the same clarity, regardless of the talks or what surrounds the game," he said at his pre-match press conference.

"This is for people who don't participate, as the only things that matter are reality and what happens on [the field].

"Those who are there know how to play and what matters."

Simeone also discussed his ban from the bench and has praised his assistant German Burgos, who is set to replace him on Wednesday.

"I mentioned it in the previous match that beyond the sadness for not being there, I feel safe with his presence," he noted.

"We know each other inside out and we understand the football in the same way.

"We are a team that works a lot and I trust German's presence as the head of the team."