atletico - Most popular for 2008
Viewing all posts which authors have tagged ‘atletico’.
You can also subscribe to this tag's feed.
This has been pointed out by Dina in yesterday's comments and by some other posters around the
internet, the one thing wrong with Valencia CF as currently constructed: Our lack of another
goalscorer besides David Villa.
Look at the numbers: In 4 games, Villa has scored half of Valencia's 8 goals, tied with Florent
Sinama Pongolle of Atletico Madird and Rafael Van der Vaart of Real Madrid as Pichichi
(leading scorer) of La Liga.
Portuguese giants SL Benfica have announced the signing of Atletico winger Jose Antonio Reyes on a
season long loan. The former Arsenal player, deemed surplus to requirements after just one season
at Vicente Calderon, becomes Benfica's fourth summer signing after Pablo Aimar, Carlos Martins and
Javier Balboa.
Group A: Chelsea, Roma, Bordeaux, CFR Cluj
I lol at everybody writing off Bordeaux. Fear Laurent Blanc, people. Fear him. This isn't as
straight-forward as it looks.
Group B: Inter, Werder, Panathinaikos, Anorthosis
This I think is as straight-forward as it looks.
The Cinderellas are in group B, not A. Cluj was the underdog-come-good story to start out the
campaign, and deservedly so. They beat Roma - though who didn't earlier in the season - and
nil-niled (yes, that's a verb) with a then high-flying Chelsea team. Now, however, they've come
back down to earth, and will be [.
It's Barcelona's to lose. Even the four one seeds teams who find themselves as potential opponents
(Chelsea, Arsenal, Lyon & Inter - and they're Barca's only potential opponents) are desperately
hoping to avoid the Barcelona lottery. The Catalans are simply, undeniably playing the best
football on the planet right now.
The 3rd qualifying round usually goes unnoticed unless your team is participating simply because it
usually shakes out how it should. The minnows go home and the teams deserving of a spot in the
group stages somehow found their way. Couple of relatively surprising early exits this year came in
the form of Rangers, well [.
A perennial topic of conversation among football fans is whether or not football has become
"too predictable" and "too slanted towards the top teams", and often the balme
for this is laid at the feet of greedy owners, Sky, globalization or what have you. Veteran
denizens of the kingdom will likely know that I'm sceptical of such claims - I'm not sure
football's playing field has ever been particularly flat.
Self-explanatory, eh? Adrian Mutu: Fiorentina v Slavia. Christian Pander: Schalke v Atletico.
Alessandro Del Piero: Juventus v Artmedia. Hatem Ben Arfa & Benoit Cheyrou: Marseille v Brann.
Simao: Panathinaikos v Sparta. Goal of the Matchday? ( polls) Thanks to 101GreatGoals.com for the
vids.
There are positions in the world that are very daunting to undertake and Argentine superstar Sergio
Agüero can have the distinction of being the most daunting player both on and off the field.
His gunslinging attitude on the field made him an idol fairly quickly at Atlético Madrid, but
it is his relationship with his current [.
Two clubs who put up vastly different performances and perhaps equally undeserved results in the
Champions League walked out of their domestic fixtures with "Well whaddya think of us
now?" plastered all over their faces this weekend. Barca were a large disappointment in
Ukraine for about 87 minutes until Leo Messi & karma took over; though [.
Reina
Arbeloa Carragher Agger Dossena
Mascherano Alonso
Benayoun Gerrard Riera
Keane
Goals:
Keane 14'
Simao 83'
It's a fair result, and one I would have taken before kickoff, with a vital league match four days
away. But after the first half, it's a bit annoying, especially since a defensive mistake led to
Atletico's equalizer.
El atletico de madrid dirigido por Javier Aguirre avanzo al empatar a 1 en el global en la copa
del rey en espana
European Championship-winning forward, Fernando Torres, has publicly hailed the work of his future
striker partner Robbie Keane, and believes they will be a formidable duo this campaign.
Liverpool's former Atletico hitman Torres, 24, has not been shy of accolades and plaudits during
his debut season.
(All times UK. Pre-season friendly games are not included.)
Friday
19:30 Barrow v Oxford Utd, Blue Square Premier, Setanta Sports 1
Setanta have reduced the number of live Blue Square games this season. This is possibly because of
poor ratings or because they've got other football to show instead.
TUTTI IN CAMPO DOPO L'ADDIO A SENSI. L'INTER SI AVVICINA MA I DUE BRASILIANI RESTANO IN DUBBIO
Doni-Taddei,rebus senza fine
Il portiere tenta il recupero. Rodrigo a parte, Esposito e Alvarez le alternative
Di FRANCESCO ODDI
La presenza, compatta, sentita e silenziosa,
alla cerimonia religiosa
della mattina, non ha inficiato il programma
d'allenamento della squadra giallorossa,
che poco dopo l'una ha lasciato
Piazzale del Verano per rientrare a Trigoria
per pranzare, riposarsi, e prepararsi per la
seduta pomeridiana.
Gruppo A: Chelsea, Roma, Bordeaux, Cluj
Gruppo B: Inter, Werder Brema, Panathinaikos, Anorthosis
Gruppo C: Barcellona, Sporting Lisbona, Basilea, Shakhtar
Gruppo D: Liverpool, Psv Eindhoven, Olimpique Marsiglia, Atletico Madrid
Gruppo E: Manchester United, Villareal, Celtic, Aalborg
Gruppo F: Lione, Bayern Monaco, Steaua Bucarest, Fiorentina
Gruppo G: Arsenal, Porto, Fenerbahce, Dinamo Kiev
Gruppo H: Real Madrid, Juventus, Zenit St Pietroburgo, Bate Borisov
Iscriviti all'RSS per essere sempre aggiornato!
I know this post is a little late, but I've been working a lot this past week and haven't had the
time to update. The groupings for the 2008-2009 Champions League tournament have been set. Here are
the groups: Group A: Group B:Chelsea Inter MilanRoma Werder BremenBordeaux PanathinaikosCluj
Anorthosis Group C: Group D:Barcelona PSVSporting Atletico MadridBasel
I know we shouldn't really underestimate PSV, but it should be yet another case of 3 easy points in
the bag for us. Plus they'll be missing their star creative player (Afellay) who sustained a toe
injury last week. Our game with City on Sunday is far more important but I hope Rafa stills plays
our strongest side against PSV to ensure victory.
Spanish primera division: Watch the game LIVE here Pre-register at the NEW football site
11×2 today Don`t forget to sign up 11×2.com - the next big football site
2:45pm, live in the US on espn2
Group stage so far:
Liverpool: 1-1 Atletico (a); 3-1 PSV (h); 2-1 Marseille (a)
Atletico: 1-1 Liverpool (h); 2-1 Marseille (h); 3-0 PSV (a)
Last 3 matches:
Liverpool: 1-2 Tottenham (a); 1-0 Pompey (h); 1-0 Chelsea (a)
Atletico: 2-0 Mallorca (h); 1-0 Osasuna (a); 4-4 Villareal (a);
Goalscorers (Europe):
Liverpool: Gerrard 3; Keane, Kuyt 2
Atletico: Aguero 4; Forlan, Luis Garcia, Raul Garcia, Maniche, Maxi Rodriguez, Simao 1
Referee: Martin Hansson (SWE)
Guess at a squad:
Reina
Arbeloa Carragher Agger Aurelio
Mascherano Alonso
Kuyt Gerrard Riera
Keane
Once again, I'm guessing the same line-up that went out against Chelsea, which is the team that
lost at Tottenham on Saturday except for Aurelio in place of Dossena.
Stuff to read while you struggle to comprehend this headline out of context..... Cristiano
Ronaldo's excessive perspiration becomes locker room prank material. (The Spoiler) Spain spreading
the blame for The Penalty That Nevah Evah Was to UEFA HQ. (La Liga Loca) Discussing the severity of
Materazzi's insult.
Esto publicó el club en su página oficial.- El Equipo de los Tigres, no podrá contar
con el zaguero central Hugo Sánchez las primeras jornadas del campeonato ya que sufrió un
esguince en su rodilla en el partido contra el Atletico de Mádrid a los 15 minutos del primer
tiempo, donde fue sometido a [.
Spurs look set to lose out on another possible strike target after Roman Pavlyuchenko claims he
would prefer to stay in Russia with Spartak Moscow. Tottenham, who appear to be actively looking
for possible replacements for want-away striker Dimitar Berbatov, have already seen a move for
former Manchester United striker Diego Forlan rebuffed by the Atletico [.
Oh dear...
The debate on whether German soccer is good enough to challenge for the major European honors will
no doubt start again in earnest today as Schalke 04 arrive back in Germany after being humiliated
4-0 in Madrid.
Schalke, the German team which got the furthest in the competition last season by reaching the
quarter-finals, were taken apart by Atletico in the Estadio Calderon on Wednesday night, bringing
new coach Fred Rutten's Champions League adventure to a very premature close.
A: Chelsea, Roma, Bordeaux, Cluj
B: Internazionale Milan, Werder Bremen, Panathinaikos, Anorthosis
C: Barcelona, Sporting Lisbon, Basel, Shakhtar Donetsk
D: Liverpool, PSV Eindhoven, Marseille, Atletico Madrid
E: Manchester United, Villarreal, Celtic, Aalborg
F: Lyon, Bayern Munich, Steaua Bucharest, Fiorentina
G: Arsenal, Porto, Fenerbahce, Dynamo Kiev
H: Real Madrid, Juventus, Zenit St.
Champions League Group Stage Draw
Group A: CHELSEA, AS Roma, Bordeaux, Cluj
Group B: Inter, Werder, Panathinaikos, Anorthosis
Group C: Barcelona, Sporting, FC Basel, Shakhtar
Group D: LIVERPOOL, PSV, Marseille, Atletico
Group E: MAN UTD, Villarreal, CELTIC, Aalborg
Group F: Lyon, Bayern, Steaua, Fiorentina
Group G: ARSENAL, FC Porto, Fenerbahce, Dinamo Kiev
Group H: Real Madrid, Juventus, Zenit, Bate
Champions League Group Stage Draw
Group A: CHELSEA, AS Roma, Bordeaux, Cluj
Group B: Inter, Werder, Panathinaikos, Anorthosis
Group C: Barcelona, Sporting, FC Basel, Shakhtar
Group D: LIVERPOOL, PSV, Marseille, Atletico
Group E: MAN UTD, Villarreal, CELTIC, Aalborg
Group F: Lyon, Bayern, Steaua, Fiorentina
Group G: ARSENAL, FC Porto, Fenerbahce, Dinamo Kiev
Group H: Real Madrid, Juventus, Zenit, Bate
Group D:
Liverpool
PSV Eindhoven
Marseille
Atletico Madrid
It doesn't seem like much is going to come easy this season. This is without a doubt the hardest
group in this year's draw, and the hardest group Liverpool's been in since Benitez became
manager.
At least Liverpool has experience against both PSV and Marseille, who they've met in the Champions
League in the past two seasons.
IL CILENO DELUSO MA GRINTOSO:«CI SONO TUTTI I PRESUPPOSTI»
Pizarro:«Quest'anno arriviamo in fondo»
«Quest'anno ci sono i presupposti
per arrivare in fondo
». Deluso, certo, ma anche
pieno di grinta David Pizarro al termine
della partita con il Napoli. Il Pek crede
fermamente nel potenziale di questa Roma
ed è pronto a rilanciare la sfida a partire
dalla prossima partita di campionato.
NEC coach Mario Been Well, I'd almost say: the interesting European Cup for us Dutchies is starting
soon... As if I accept the fact that we don't have any business in the CL. And with PSV's
performance against Atletico, this might well be true. Does Holland have anything to achieve in
Lex Schoenmaker and Feyenoord's UEFA Cup in 1974 He didn't enjoy the Atletico match. His PSV was
being served off pretty easily, that was not what the PSV general manager had expected.
"Still, it's too easy to say now that PSV lost touch of the European top. That's a bit too
MISFIRING striker Robbie Keane has been given a double vote of confidence that he'll soon be
hitting the goals trail – by both strike partner Fernando Torres and manager Rafael
Benitez.
Despite netting for the Republic of Ireland against Norway last month, Keane, who will be hoping to
open his account this afternoon against a Stoke side who have conceded 12 goals in five games this
season, has so far failed to find the goals to justify his £20million price tag since arriving
at Anfield.
Two matches have been played tonight as part of Round 3 of the Spanish 1º Division - "La
Liga". The following are brief summaries of the results & scorers. ATLETICO DE... Read all the
news, results, details & comments in English on Spanish Football & Sports
2:45pm, live in the US on espn2
Group stage so far:
Liverpool: 3-1 PSV (h); 2-1 Marseille (a)
Atletico: 2-1 Marseille (h); 3-0 PSV (a)
Last 3 matches:
Liverpool: 3-2 Wigan (h); 3-2 City (a); 3-1 PSV (h)
Atletico: 1-2 Real Madrid (h); 1-6 Barca (a); 0-1 Sevilla (h)
Goalscorers (Europe):
Liverpool: Gerrard 3; Kuyt 2; Keane 1
Atletico: Aguero 4; Forlan, Luis Garcia, Raul Garcia, Maniche, Maxi Rodriguez 1
Referee: Claus Bo Larsen (DEN)
Guess at a squad:
Reina
Arbeloa Carragher Agger Aurelio
Mascherano Alonso
Kuyt Gerrard Riera
Keane
I realize we haven't see the 4-2-3-1 lately, but injuries, Chelsea on Sunday, and the fact that
this is an away match in Europe leads me to think we might tomorrow.
Reina
Arbeloa Carragher Agger Aurelio
Mascherano Alonso
Kuyt Gerrard Riera
Keane
Goals:
Maxi Rodriguez 37'
Gerrard 90+4' (pen)
Lucky, lucky Liverpool. I almost feel bad reveling in this draw.
It looked like Atletico would deservedly hold on, packing 10 men behind the ball after Maxi
Rodriguez's wonderful 37th-minute goal, but Gerrard got a gift of a penalty call in the third
minute of injury time after colliding with Pernia during yet another last-ditch attack.
Una vez mas Javier Aguirre es blanco de las criticas en españa, vivos en la copa, con el pase
a la siguiente fase de la champions amarrado y septimo en liga con 28 jornadas por jugar, ni asi
los tiene contentos... EL mismo planteamiento tactico que tanto se alabo y que estuvo muy cerca de
generar [.
Watch the match LIVE here. Pre-register at the NEW football site 11×2 today
Coming soon - 11×2.com - the next big football site Watch the match LIVE here.
Pre-register at the NEW football site 11×2 today
