Jan Oblak was fantastic against Eibar, especially in the second half.
Atletico Madrid moved 10 points clear of city rivals Real and tightened their grip on second place in La Liga with a battling 1-0 victory away to Eibar in the pouring rain on …
Atletico Madrid cruised to a 7-0 aggregate win in the Copa del Rey.
Atletico Madrid strolled into the quarterfinals of the Copa del Rey as they swatted aside Lleida 3-0 in Madrid on Tuesday, sealing a 7-0 aggregate victory.
They dominated from…
Diego Costa was again the big story as Atletico beat Getafe and he scored before being sent off.
Diego Costa scored and then was immediately sent off on his first La Liga game back for Atletico Madrid as they brushed local rivals Getafe aside 2-0 on Saturday.
Truth be told, in horrible weather conditions on Spain’s Three Kings’ day, the referee seemed determined to make it all about himself, brandishing yellow cards as if they were treats. This culminated with a lack of common sense: an emotional Costa celebrated with the Atleti fans after scoring his side’s second, only to return to the…
Diego Costa expresses his eagerness to play after he was finally unveiled as an Atletico Madrid player on Sunday.
Diego Costa made a goalscoring return to action as Atletico Madrid brushed aside Lleida 4-0 in their Copa del Rey last-16 first-leg meeting on Wednesday night.
First-half strikes from Diego Godin and Fernando Torres put the visitors in charge as Diego Simeone’s men looked fresh and raring to go after a fortnight off.
The introduction of Costa and fellow debutant Vitolo gave the second half some added spark and the Spain striker had barely been on the pitch five minutes when he swept home Juanfran’s…
Atletico Madrid’s Fernando Torres couldn’t get anything going against Espanyol.
Atletico Madrid slumped to their first La Liga defeat of the season after shipping yet another late goal, succumbing 1-0 to Espanyol.
Los Rojiblancos looked off it all night and never really looked like securing a victory in Catalonia against a side happy to sit back and soak up pressure. The sight of Fernando Torres labouring up top was frustrating, while substitute Kevin Gameiro then missed a sitter as he ran through one-on-one only to fluff his shot late on.
It proved costly as Sergio Garcia…
Diego Simeone says he won’t stop Antoine Griezmann leaving Atletico Madrid should an opportunity at another club arise.
Atletico Madrid striker Fernando Torres says his future remains with the club despite Diego Costa’s imminent availability, while downplaying talk that the club are now Barcelona’s most likely rivals in the La Liga title race.
Torres, 33, scored a late winner off the bench as Atletico beat Alaves 1-0 on Saturday — a result which pushed Diego Simeone’s team up to second in the table.
The former Spain international is out of contract next summer and there has been some speculation that he could leave…
Atletico Madrid quietly won their fourth straight and moved into second in La Liga.
Atletico Madrid ground out yet another 1-0 victory at home to Alaves on Saturday night to quietly move into second place in La Liga.
In what at best can be d…
Julien Laurens examines Antoine Griezmann’s future with Atletico, and the FC crew debate where he should go if he leaves.
Atletico Madrid coach Diego Simeone hailed his team’s persistence after they battled back to beat Real Sociedad 2-1 at the Wanda Metropolitano on Saturday.
The win, secured by a late Antoine Griezmann goal, moved Atleti to within six points of leaders Barcelona.
They did not start well and were behind when Willian Jose converted from the penalty spot after 29 minutes.
But Filipe Luis drilled home with his right foot after a superb driving run by Saul Niguez soon after the hour before Griezmann punished…
Fernando Torres scored to help Atletico see off third-tier Elche.
Atletico Madrid coach Diego Simeone hailed Fernando Torres’ “quality” after the veteran’s double strike helped secure progress to the Copa del Rey last 16 with Wednesday’s evening’s 3-0 victory over third-tier Elche at the Wanda Metropolitano.
Starting level from last month’s 1-1 first leg, Atletico were set on their way when Jose Maria Gimenez headed home at a corner half an hour in, and then Torres netted his first goal of 2017-18 just two minutes later.
Luciano Vietto and Thomas Partey missed…
Fernando Torres scored to help Atletico see off third-tier Elche.
Atletico Madrid coach Diego Simeone hailed Fernando Torres’ “quality” after the veteran’s double strike helped secure progress to the Copa del Rey last 16 with Wednesday’s evening’s 3-0 victory over third-tier Elche at the Wanda Metropolitano.
Starting level from last month’s 1-1 first leg, Atletico were set on their way when Jose Maria Gimenez headed home at a corner half an hour in, and then Torres netted his first goal of 2017-18 just two minutes later.
Luciano Vietto and Thomas Partey missed…