Atletico Madrid’s season got off to an entertaining start as they battled out an entertaining 1-1 draw at Valencia on Monday.
Los Rojiblancos started strongly and deservedly took the lead through Angel Correa in the first half, however after the break their 120 minutes of exertions in Tallinn in midweek in the Super Cup took a toll as they dropped deeper and deeper, with Rodrigo eventually equalising for Los Che.
The match swung back and forth in the final 10, with both teams having ample chances…
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Atletico Madrid finally got the monkey off their back as they defeated local rivals Real Madrid 4-2 in the European Super Cup in Tallinn on Wednesday night to start the season with a trophy and perhaps give a glimpse of a changing of the guard in the Spanish capital.
Diego Costa’s double, coupled with Saul Niguez’s stunner and Koke’s composed fourth gave Los Rojiblancos a deserved victory.
While it might not make up for the heartache suffered in Lisbon and Milan in years gone by, it could…
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Atletico Madrid ensured Champions League football will be back at the Wanda Metropolitano next season as they swept aside Levante 3-0 at home on Sunday afternoon.
After a dismal display in Lisbon in midweek it was back to business for Atleti, who never really looked troubled by their visitors and duly took a deserved lead through Angel Correa’s first-half strike.
Antoine Griezmann was then harshly judged to have dived as he appeared to be wiped out as he rounded the goalkeeper, but then produced…
Atletico Madrid’s late collapse likely means the end of their La Liga title challenge.
Any tiny hopes of a title race disappeared as Atletico Madrid once again came unstuck at the El Estadio de la Ceramica to fall 11 points behind Barcelona.
In truth, they didn’t deserve much more as Villarreal’s unbeaten run over Diego Simeone’s men extended to six games.
For once, Atletico could count themselves to be on the lucky side of a refereeing call when Antoine Griezmann went down softly under Jaume Costa’s challenge 20 minutes in and only the assistant referee saw enough contact to…
Atletico Madrid had another field day with Lokomotiv Moscow, strolling to an 8-1 aggregate victory to punch their ticket to the UEL quarterfinals.
Atletico Madrid sailed into the quarterfinals of the Europa League as they hammered Lokomotiv Moscow 5-1 (8-1 on aggregate) in the Russian capital on Thursday evening.
Nobody in Europe’s second competition will want to draw Atletico, who on a week when a number of sides put in meek displays in the Champions League, look like they should be playing on Tuesdays and Wednesdays, rather than Thursdays. On this form, they would have every chance of winning it.
A first-half strike from Angel Correa…
Diego Simeone’s Atletico Madrid cruised to the Europa League round of 16 as they defeated Copenhagen 5-1 on aggregate.
Atletico Madrid strolled into the last 16 of the Europa League, defeating Copenhagen 1-0 in the second leg of their round-of-32 meeting to secure a 5-1 aggregate win.
With the job all but done in Denmark last week, Diego Simeone shuffled his pack, handing a debut to Sergio Gonzalez at left-back. The in-form Kevin Gameiro retained his placed and fired a stunning left-footed effort into the top corner within 10 minutes to extinguish any lingering hopes the visitors may have had.
From there on…
Watch the full match highlights as a thunderous Angel Correa strike on 59 minutes proved the winner in a fairly uneventful clash between Atletico and Valencia at Wanda Metropolitano
An Angel Correa wonder-goal was enough for Atletico Madrid to sneak past Valencia 1-0 at the Wanda Metropolitano
Atletico Madrid coach Diego Simeone said a “step up in intensity” and then a “golazo” from forward Angel Correa led to his side’s hard-fought 1-0 victory over Valencia on Sunday evening and kept their firm grip on second place in the La Liga standings.
A tight and tense first 45 minutes at a rain-swept Wanda Metropolitan saw Atletico come closest when Diego Costa’s powerful header was superbly stopped by Valencia goalkeeper Neto.
The deadlock was then broken in spectacular fashion when Angel Correa…
Angel Correa celebrates after scoring a stunner in Atleti’s win against Valencia.
An Angel Correa wonder-goal was enough for Atletico Madrid to sneak past Valencia 1-0 at the Wanda Metropolitano on Sunday night and tighten their grip on second place in La Liga in the process.
Between these two managers, there was predictably little space for attacking players to flourish and it was always going to take something special to break the deadlock. Correa’s sixth of the season was just that, finding the top corner from a seemingly impossible angle from 30 yards out.
After Barcelona’s…
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The writing was on the wall from very early on — 23 seconds to be precise — as Sergio Escudero ghosted in unmarked to volley the Andalusians into the lead. Atleti then woke up and Antoine Griezmann’s stunning long-ranger dragged them back into the tie.
As in the first leg, profligate finishing then came back to haunt Los Rojiblancos, with Griezmann, Kevin…
Qarabag dealt another blow to Atletico Madrid’s hopes of making the last 16, holding the hosts to a draw in Spain.
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It was a Halloween horror show for Atletico Madrid as they failed to beat 10-man Qarabag for the second game in a row, drawing 1-1 to leave their chances of qualifying for the Champions League knockout stages all but dead.
The performance was woeful from start to finish, with few — if any — players willing to take responsibility. They looked nervous in the opening exchanges, misplacing simple passes and that only got worse when they allowed Michel to ghost in unmarked to put the visitors ahead.
Thomas…