Goal highlights video from the Atletico Madrid vs Chelsea Group D Champions League game on November 3, 2009. Atletico were thrashed 4-0 by Chelsea when they visited the Bridge a fortnight ago. Game kicks off at the Vicente Calderon at 19.45 UK time. Related posts:Chelsea vs Atletico Madrid goals highlights- October 21 Video of goals highlights [. Click to continue reading...

O Colónia de Petit e Maniche, ganhou pela primeira vez no campeonato alemão e logo fora de casa, em Estugarda. Estava a ficar apertada a vida dos nossos internacionais. Click to continue reading...

I had the opportunity to speak with Andy Brassell of the BBC's excellent World Football Phone-in on Up All Night. I want to emphasize that for those of us who follow the Bundesliga, this show, although based in England, can be a massive resource. Tim Vickery, with his knowledge of South American Players, and Andy with his knowledge of the continental players as well as the Bundesliga itself can aid us in getting to understand new players to the league.

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I missed the first round of games on family vacation. While I still have the Gladbach-Bochum game on DVR to watch for fun, my first game of the season, albeit delayed, was Dortmund's 1-0 victory at home over Köln. It was a thoroughly deserved victory where Dortmund put the Billy Goats to the sword and could have easily won by half a dozen goals, so commanding was their display.

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Now we're never one to spread non-stories or blatant lies on Les Rosbifs, but rumours coming out of Turkey this afternoon suggest that Sol Campbell will be on his way to join Super Lig side Ankaragücü. This would make the Portsmouth central defender, who is currently out of contract, the third Englishman to sign for [. Click to continue reading...

"Vim para Colónia para ter sucesso"
Volte-face e Maniche vai jogar na Alemanha. O médio de 31 anos, que estava em final de contrato com o Atlético de Madrid, tinha tudo acordado com os turco do Ankaraguçu, mas divergências de última hora levaram o internacional português a assinar um contrato de duas épocas com a também equipa do ex-benfiquista Petit, o Colónia. Click to continue reading...

Maniche ‘turco' por 7,5 milhões
Maniche assinou contrato com os turcos do Ankaraguçu, num acordo milionário que vai render ao português qualquer coisa como 7,5 milhões de euros pelos três anos de contrato. Depois de passagens pelo D. Moscovo, Chelsea, Inter de Milão e At. Madrid, Maniche – de 31 anos – vai prosseguir carreira no clube que terminou no 13º lugar da liga turca. Click to continue reading...

The 2009-10 Atletico Madrid home and away football kits have been revealed. The new strips have been made by Nike, and KIA Motors are the shirt sponsors. The home shirt remains red and white, but the number of vertical stripes have increased. The jersey is accompanied by blue shorts with a red stripe running down the [. Click to continue reading...

ÅLAND'S archipelago is a beautiful place in summer, a holidaying hotspot and a major attraction for visitors to Finland. You can cycle across the islands, swim in the Gulf of Bothnia, or stay at any one of numerous campsites in Finland's autonomous province, but it's safe to say that Atlético Madrid will be doing none of those things during their visit.

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Goal.com has a list of at all the players based in La Liga who are free to move in summer on a Bosman transfer. There are several top Liga talents on the list as well as some unsung youngsters who will see their current contracts end on June 30th.

ALMERIA

Name
Position
Age
Nation
Signed
Note
Bruno Right-Back 28 Spain 2006 Â Esteban Goalkeeper 33 Spain 2008 Â Iriney Midfielder 27 Brazil 2008 Â Jose Ortiz Forward 31 Spain 2000 Captain

ATHLETIC BILBAO

Name
Position
Age
Nation
Signed
Note
Ander Murillo Centre-Back 25 Spain 2001 Â

ATLETICO MADRID

Name
Position
Age
Nation
Signed
Note
Leo Franco Goalkeeper 31 Argentina 2004  Maniche Midfielder 31 Portugal 2006 Released

BARCELONA

Name
Position
Age
Nation
Signed
Note
Albert Jorquera Goalkeeper 30 Spain 2004 Â Sylvinho Defender 34 Brazil 2004 Â

REAL BETIS

Name
Position
Age
Nation
Signed
Note
Arzu Defender 28 Spain   Juanito Defender 32 Spain   Edu Attacker 30 Brazil   Alberto Rivera Midfielder 31 Spain  Â

DEPORTIVO LA CORUNA

Name
Position
Age
Nation
Signed
Note
Pablo Amo Defender 31 Spain   Pablo Alvarez Midfielder 28 Spain   Julian De Guzman Midfielder 28 Canada   Sergio Midfielder 32 Spain   Manuel Pablo Defender 33 Spain   Joan Verdu Attacker 25 Spain  Â

ESPANYOL

Name
Position
Age
Nation
Signed
Note
Javier Chica Defender 23 Spain   David Garcia Defender 28 Spain   Carlos Kameni Goalkeeper 25 Cameroon   Jesus Lacruz Defender 30 Spain   Ivan de la Pena Midfielder 32 Spain   Francisco Rufete Winger 32 Spain   Jonathan Soriano Striker 23 Spain  Â

GETAFE

Name
Position
Age
Nation
Signed
Note
Cosmin Contra Defender 33 Romania   David Belenguer Defender 36 Spain  Â

MALAGA

Name
Position
Age
Nation
Signed
Note
Salva Ballesta Striker 33 Spain   Javier Calleja Winger 30 Spain   Manolo Gaspar Defender 28 Spain   Inaki Goitia Goalkeeper 27 Spain   Rossatto Defender  Spain  Â

REAL MALLORCA

Name
Position
Age
Nation
Signed
Note

NUMANCIA

Name
Position
Age
Nation
Signed
Note
Alvaro Anton Midfielder 25 Spain  Loan - Valladolid Carlos Bellvis Defender 24 Spain   Domingo Cisma Defender 27 Spain  Loan - Almeria Felipe Midfielder 33 Spain   Egoitz Jaio Defender 28 Spain   Juanra Defender 29 Spain   Palacios Midfielder 34 Spain   Quero Midfielder 24 Spain  Â

OSASUNA

Name
Position
Age
Nation
Signed
Note
Cesar Cruchaga Defender 35 Spain   Javier Flano Defender 24 Spain   Hector Font Midfielder 24 Spain   Patxi Punal Midfielder 33 Spain  New contract until 2011 Ricardo Goalkeeper 37 Spain  Â

RACING SANTANDER

Name
Position
Age
Nation
Signed
Note
Luis Fernandez Defender 36 Spain   Cesar Navas Defender 29 Spain  Signed for Rubin Kazan

REAL MADRID

Name
Position
Age
Nation
Signed
Note
Fabio Cannavaro Defender 35 Italy   Jerzy Dudek Goalkeeper 36 Poland   Julien Faubert Midfielder 25 France 2008 Â

RECREATIVO HUELVA

Name
Position
Age
Nation
Signed
Note
Quique Alvarez Defender 33 Spain   Joselito Striker 24 Spain   Javi Guerrero Striker 32 Spain   Ersen Martin Striker 29 Turkey   Jose Ignacio Zahinos Midfielder 31 Spain  Â

SEVILLA

Name
Position
Age
Nation
Signed
Note

SPORTING GIJON

Name
Position
Age
Nation
Signed
Note
Diego Camacho Midfielder 32 Spain   Raul Camara Defender 25 Spain   Jurgen Colin Defender 28 Netherlands   Jorge Defender 25 Spain   Neru Defender 35 Spain   Omar Defender 32 Spain   Sergio Sanchez Goalkeeper 32 Spain  Â

VALENCIA

Name
Position
Age
Nation
Signed
Note
Fernando Morientes Striker 33 Spain   Curro Torres Defender 32 Spain  Â

REAL VALLADOLID

Name
Position
Age
Nation
Signed
Note
Alberto Goalkeeper 40 Spain   Inaki Bea Defender 30 Spain   Garcia Calvo Defender 34 Spain   Vivar Dorado Midfielder 35 Spain   Alberto Marcos Defender 35 Spain   Oscar Sanchez Defender 29 Spain   Victor Striker 35 Spain  Â

VILLARREAL

Name
Position
Age
Nation
Signed
Note
Pascal Cygan Defender 34 France 2006 Â Fabricio Fuentes Defender 32 Argentina 2006 Â Robert Pires Midfielder 35 France 2006 Signed one-year extension to 2010 Javi Venta Defender 33 Spain 1999 Signed one-year extension to 2010 Sebastian Viera Goalkeeper 26 Uruguay 2005 Â Click to continue reading...

Atletico Madrid have announced that they have parted company with Portuguese midfielder Maniche by mutual consent. Maniche's contract was set to expire this June, but both the parties reached an agreement that makes Maniche a free agent again. Maniche, whose real name is João Ricardo de Oliveira Ribeiro, joined Atletico from Dynamo Moscow in 2006. Click to continue reading...

Atletico Madrid have fined two of their players - and don't worry, it ain't homie Kun Aguero. You know he's capable of being suspended just for talking to Maradona on the phone. And the text messages they probably exchange.... let's not go there.

Anyway, the players who're in hot soup are Maniche and Seitaridis, seen 'celebrating' in the photo above.

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Atletico Madrid are still unable to make that final step that is required in order to compete with the best teams in Spain. A lot of money have been invested in the team over the last few years and the fans have great expectations year in year out but something always go wrong. According to the names in the squad Atletico should be able to enter even the title race but that is unlikely to happen this season as well. Click to continue reading...

Fabio Cannavaro, Carlos Tevez, Michael Ballack, Michael Owen, Mark Van Bommel, Fred... these are but a few of the players whose contract is set to expire at the end of the season. And with the january transfer window practically at our doorstep, it is time to give these "old timers" a chance they are still [. Click to continue reading...

Fabio Cannavaro, Carlos Tevez, Michael Ballack, Michael Owen, Mark Van Bommel, Fred... these are but a few of the players whose contract is set to expire at the end of the season. And with the january transfer window practically at our doorstep, it is time to give these "old timers" a chance to prove they [. Click to continue reading...

Who ever thought that in the first and last minute Real Madrid would further sink Atlético into deeper problems after a heated Madrid derby.  With only 35 seconds gone by in the match Ruud Van Nistelrooy smacked a shot from 25 yards out to beat Leo Franco on the left post. Overall the match was not [. Click to continue reading...

Morning all. We've got the Champions League again tonight and I'm pretty excited about it. Not only is European competition great to watch but it gives us another chance to rebound from the defeat to Hull before we play in the league again. It's FC Port tonight, a Portuguese team known for producing great young talents such as Deco, Paulo Ferreira, Ricardo Carvalho, Maniche, Costinha, Benni McCarthy, Jose Bosingwa and Ricardo Quaresma, and won't be an easy match to say the least. Click to continue reading...

  Another masterful, comfortable victory in front of the Atleti Faithful Coupet; Seitaridis, Ujfalusi, Perea, Antonio López; Maniche (Éver 68'), Raul García, Simão (Luis García 56'), Maxi; Sinama-Pongolle & Kun Agüero (Miguel 60') GOALS 8′ Agüero, set-piece taken by Simao. 52′ Maniche, incredible effort. Click to continue reading...

  Back to Champions, in style! Leo Franco; Perea, Ujfalusi, Heitinga, Antonio López; Assunçao, Maniche (54′ Banega), Luis García, Simao; Forlán (31′ Sinama) & Agüero (63′ Raúl García). THE GOOD 8′ Agüero, assisted by Luis García. 35′Agüero, great effort by Sinama. Click to continue reading...

I've finally recovered from that disastrous 2-1 loss to Valladolid. ONWARDS. CHAMPIONS LEAGUE GROUP STAGE FINALLY! Players experienced with Champions: Coupet, Forlán, Simao, Luis García, Seitaridis, Maniche, Assunçao, Heitinga, Sinama, & Leo Franco. Excluded players: Maxi & Pernía (suspension) and Pablo (injury). Click to continue reading...

Liga is finally back, thankfully, after a week of World Cup qualifiers. "FIFA VIRUS" Atleti players who served for their respective national teams (8 in total): Ujfalusi, Kun, Forlán, Perea, Seitaridis, Maniche, Simao, Heitinga. Plus, Raúl García has been active with the Spain U-21 team. A LOT of key players will be returning to Spain exhausted from international duty, [. Click to continue reading...

Everything about this match was down. Letdown. Meltdown. Move down in the table. Jensen's game-winner from downtown. Okay, I'm done. Overwhelmingly underwhelming Portugal started like-a-dees:

Nani - Hugo Almeida - Simão
Deco - Raul Meireles - Maniche
Paulo Ferreira - Ricardo Carvalho - Pepe - Bosingwa
Quim

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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. Click to continue reading...

...while the rest of the team continue to struggle to impress as a team. Trofeo Teresa Herrera Atlético 2 Deportivo 1 Our only goal scored by De Abreu (45′). Atlético 3 Sporting de Gijón 3 Goals by Maniche (7′), Luis García (30′) and Diego Costa (79′). More of the same nonsense this season or will the return of Kun improve our game? Click to continue reading...

Thomas Gravesen iki yaz önce Galatasaray'ın gündemi epeyce meşgul etmişti. Maniche, Zokora, Gravesen derken İnamoto gelmişti. Danimarkalı da Celtic'in yolunu tutmuştu. Ancak başarısız oldu, tutunamadı. Şimdi 'free' transfer olarak listeye konmuş. Tekniği zayıf ancak fiziğiyle sahada yer alan eski tip ön liberolardan. Click to continue reading...

                                                                                                                               The 08/09 Premier League season will start up this weekend and undoubtedly many of us will be keeping an eye out on that, in terms of build-up. Click to continue reading...

New Atlético Madrid striker Florent Sinama-Pongolle is eager to meet up with his former club, Liverpool, in the Champions League.
Speaking to Marca, the French forward stated that reuniting with the Reds would be a dream scenario.
"Of course I'd love that," he said.
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RAÚL GARCÍA CAMACHO MOTTA MANICHE CLEBER SANTANA MIGUEL SIMAO MAXI REYES LUIS GARCÍA ASSUNCAO I read recently that Maniche is trying to 'patch things up' with Aguirre, his teammates, and club officials for his wreckless behaviour that led to his loan spell last season. Of course, we all know why he is humbling himself: He's not attracting worthwhile offers! Click to continue reading...

Lots of players on international duty for EURO and WORLD CUP QUALIFIERS. Ujfaluši played a full 90 minutes for the Czech Republic's opening game against Switzerland. Simão played 83 minutes for Portugal against Turkey. Seitaridis & Heitinga have games this coming week. Speaking of Seitaridis, I do recall reading that the Greek might leave the club this summer. Click to continue reading...

The tournament debut approaching, managers from all Euro 2008-bound will soon be making their final call-up lists for this Summer's big competition. The deadline imposed by UEFA is officially May 28, but while other coaches prefer to keep their options open by making "pre-selections" of 28-30 players, Portugal manager Luiz Felipe Scolari went straight to [. Click to continue reading...

Firstly, I just want to say it's snowing A LOT over here. Just a brief summary of things after yesterday's disaster: Aguirre & just about every player interviewed by the press have said the same thing that we will concentrate on securing a Champions spot. If we don't, we stand the chance of losing our best [. Click to continue reading...

For one very <brief> moment, let's get our minds away from the string of poor results... The UEFA commitee have confirmed that Raúl García will serve a suspension for our next UEFA game against Bolton Wanderers. I guess this can be viewed as a sort of a mixed blessing, in a way. On one hand, the Spaniard [. Click to continue reading...

 Our rubbish sporting director spoke to the press...Here are a few statements he made: On Aguirre's Future: "The continuity of Javier is guaranteed until his contract with the team ends and it will probably be extended by a year...If he qualifies the team for Europe, he will have a year added to the contract. Click to continue reading...

Found a good clip (in terms of the highlights) for the match played yesterday where Inter faced off with Juventus in the TIM cup quarter final. Inter ended up winning the match 3-2 to book a place in the semi-finals against Lazio (5-4 winners on aggregate). It was Inter's 17 year old striker, Mario Balotelli, that [. Click to continue reading...

Portuguese international striker Nuno Maniche is a footballing journeyman. He has played in all parts in Europe, from Benfica and FC Porto in Portugal to Chelsea in England to CSKA Moscow in Russia to Atletico Madrid in Spain. Now the 30-year old midfielder is in Italy to don on the blue-and-black colours of Inter Milan. Click to continue reading...