Chelsea played out a 2-2 draw with Atlético Madrid which was enough for them to progress to the knockout stages with two games to spare. Atlético went ahead just after the hour when Sergio Agüero - who started the match on the bench - slammed an unstoppable volley from just inside the box as John Terry headed clear from Antonio López. The Blues then came back strongly and...
Atlético Madrid picked up their first league win of the season after seeing off Real Zaragoza 2-1 at the Vicente Calderón. José Manuel Jurado put Atlético ahead after just two minutes when he curled his shot into the corner of the net from just inside the area. The visitors missed a great chance to draw level on 20 minutes when David de Gea superbly pushed away Marko Babić's...
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Liverpool were defeated by Spanish side Atletico Madrid in their final pre-season game. Kun Aguero kicked off the scoring in the 15minute before Diego Forlan extended Atletico's lead just after the half hour mark. Lucas Leiva grabbed a consolation 10 minutes from time for Liverpool. The first half saw Liverpool start brightly as Atletico keeper Sergio Asenjo had to claw a good effort by Dirk Kuyt wide,...
Rumour Mill: The agent of Vallodolid striker Jonathan Sesma says that a Premier League club has enquired about his client's availability, with some news outlets reporting that the club in question is Everton. The 30 year-old Spanish midfielder is believed to have been scouted by Everton this season and agent Antonio Lopez says: We have received phone calls from an English team and from a Greek...
It was always going to be a tough affair for ATLETICO DE MADRID in the home leg of the Champions League Preliminary match against German side SCHALKE 04 . The optimistic levels were high for the Spaniards, until they saw how hard the game really was: 8 yellow cards & 1 Red (Antonio Lopez, Atletico), with a final result 1-0 in favour of the Germans. It now all goes down to the away match ( 2ºleg)...