Diego Simeone calls son Gianluca to share Atletico Madrid celebrations after sneaking past Bayern Munich in Champions League

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It was one of the proudest moments of his career and, naturally, Diego Simeone wanted to share it with his nearest and dearest.

The Atletico Madrid manager was snapped talking to his middle son Gianluca on a video call out on the pitch at the Allianz Arena after his side had pipped Bayern Munich to a place in the Champions League final.

Simeone initially went into the dressing room at the final whistle but then re-emerged to share in the celebrations of the travelling Atleti fans perched on the stadium's upper tier.

Atletico Madrid manager Diego Simeone called his son Gianluca to share in the celebrations after they defeated Bayern Munich to reach the Champions League final on Tuesday night

Simeon's middle son, Gianluca, can be seen on the video call as his father celebrates in Munich

Simeone had plenty to cheer after his Atletico side advanced to the May 28 final on the away goals rule

Simeone holds up his phone to the Atletico fans at the Allianz Arena so his son can see the celebrations

Simeone is photographed as he holds his phone up to the Atletico supporters while talking to his son

He then took out his iPhone and dialled Gianluca, who plays for the youth teams of Argentine side River Plate, to allow him to share in the delirious celebrations as he repeatedly punched the air in delight.

Gianluca is the middle of Simeone's three sons. The eldest, Giovanni, is a striker on loan at Banfield from River Plate. His youngest is called Giuliano.

Simeone later confirmed he spoke to Gianluca in the post-match press conference and pictures show his son's face on the phone screen.

Gianluca (left) celebrates Atletico's progress to the Champions League final in this Twitter picture

Gianluca (right) is a player in River Plate's youth teams back home in Argentina

Thrilled Atletico players (from left) Fernando Torres, Stefan Savic, Saul Niguez and Thomas Partey celebrate at the final whistle after beating Bayern Munich to reach the final

Antoine Griezmann celebrates with Koke after scoring the decisive second-half goal to settle the tie

Dejected Bayern players Arturo Vidal, Thomas Muller and David Alaba slump off at the end of the game

Atletico advanced to their second final in three years on away goals following a 2-1 loss to Bayern on Tuesday night. They will face either Real Madrid or Manchester City in the May 28 final at the San Siro in Milan.

Trailing 1-0 from last week's first leg in Madrid, the Bundesliga side levelled the aggregate score thanks to Xabi Alonso's deflected free-kick. Thomas Muller than saw a penalty saved by Jan Oblak.

Atletico's Antoine Griezmann broke clear and kept his composure to put them back ahead and that proved to be the crucial goal.

Robert Lewandowski's header ensured a tense finale, but Atletico held on despite Fernando Torres seeing a late spot-kick repelled by Manuel Neuer.