It would have been nice to win by a large margin against a 2nd-B division club, but...a win is a win is a win. THE SQUAD: Leo Franco, Antonio López, Perea, Pablo, Pernía, Camacho (Álex Quillo 84'), Raúl García, Luis García, Miguel(Banega 59'); Sinama & Forlán (Keko 88') Our one goal was scored by Forlán, thanks to [. Click to continue reading...

    Madness at El Madrigal Leo Franco; Seitaridis (Antonio López 46'), Heitinga, Domínguez, Pernía; Assunção (Raúl García 60'), Maniche (Miguel 75'), Banega, Maxi, Simão, & Forlán. There has been some interesting commentary about this game on Atleti blogs written in Spanish. Here are a few snippets for non-Spanish speakers (my translation): RESERVA INDIA wrote in an entry titled "Leo & Banega sentence [. Click to continue reading...

(It will be available (en vivo) for those of us in the US, thanks to channel GolTV!) There's a lot at stake in this game. We cannot afford to drop anymore points: 1 Valencia 19 2 Sevilla 17 3 Villarreal 17 4 Barcelona 16 5 Real Madrid 16 6 Almería 11 7 Málaga 10 8 Atlético 9 To pile on even more pressure, Getafe, Espanyol, & [. Click to continue reading...

I'm going to keep this short & sweet...let's just win or, at the very least, draw. This current losing streak has been unbearable- something out of this game would make us feel a little bit better. AUPA ATLETI Thoughts on the game are much appreciated! I'll be out of work early today, so I'll be watching it en [. Click to continue reading...

Firstly, some good good news: our home game against Liverpool will be played at El Vicente Calderón. Unfortunately for Liverpool, Torres is out injured, but perhaps he'll make the journey down with the Scousers. For us, I'm relieved that he won't be available nothing worse than having Torres score against us! Click to continue reading...

Thanks for ruining our next two home games and Torres' return to El Vicente Calderón , UEFA! From what I've read, Liverpool & Atlético are working to have them overturn this decision as it is too short notice. Like Torres, I hope that there can be a 'solution' to allow the game. Click to continue reading...

   One of the worst games I've seen in my life. Worst than any nightmare I had as a child. And the worst part in all of this? Our injury list has grown by one more. Forlán Simão Maniche Seitaridis Pablo Now Maxi will be out for 10 days. Plus, Agüero has been playing non-stop since the Olympics and, despite his age, he is [. Click to continue reading...

In the words of my favourite football analyst on this side of the pond: This game is being billed as Lionel Messi v Sergio Agüero which should not come as much of a surprise. While Messi led Argentina to an FIFA Under-20 World Cup in the Netherlands in 2005, Aguero (he was also part of the [...] Click to continue reading...