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Atletico de Madrid are back: Simeone leads his team back to winning ways  As the Atletico de Madrid fans left the Estadio Civitas Metropolitano on Sunday night, it felt just like old times. They'd just seen their team win 1-0 against Athletic Club, thanks to an Antoine Griezmann strike and thanks to a solid defensive performance that allowed Los Colchoneros to collect yet another clean sheet. Since the World Cup, Atleti have earned five clean sheets from eight LaLiga Santander matches, with Jan Oblak conceding just three league goals overall since t...
Atletico de Madrid are back: Simeone leads his team back to winning ways
Atletico de Madrid are back: Simeone leads his team back to winning ways
Source: IANS
21/02/2023 5:54:06 PM
Four things to look out for in Spain's Matchday eight Matchday eight in La Liga comes after three of the four Spanish sides playing in the Champions League all lost in midweek, severely complicating their European futures. Here are some things to look out for in Spain this weekend. 1. Fixture calendar a factor for some Matchday eight comes as we move into an intense period in La Liga, with some sides having to play two games a week until the competition is halted for the World Cup finals. While FC Barcelona, Atletico Madrid and Sevill...
Four things to look out for in Spain's Matchday eight
Four things to look out for in Spain's Matchday eight
Source: IANS
8/10/2022 12:15:04 PM
Three teams share lead after La Liga matchday 1  Real Betis, Atletico Madrid and Villarreal share the leadership of La Liga following the first round of matches, after the three sides kicked off the season with 3-0 wins. Betis beat Elche after their job was made much easier by the sending off of Elche defender John Chetauya after just 15 minutes for a professional foul on Aitor Ruibales. Borja Iglesias opened the scoring for Betis in the 27th minute, and last season's top scorer Juanmi kicked off the season with two goals in...
Three teams share lead after La Liga matchday 1
Three teams share lead after La Liga matchday 1
Source: IANS
16/08/2022 11:30:04 AM
Atletico win Madrid derby to move closer to next season's Champions League Yannick Carrasco's first-half penalty gave Atletico Madrid an important win over neighbours Real Madrid in the city derby. The Belgian slotted home from the spot five minutes from time after Matheus Cunha had been caught by Jesus Vallejo to give his side three points on Sunday night, which takes them closer to assuring a place in next season's Champions League. With nothing to play for, Real Madrid made seven changes to the side that beat Manchester City on Wednesday night and i...
Atletico win Madrid derby to move closer to next season's Champions League
Atletico win Madrid derby to move closer to next season's Champions League
Source: IANS
9/05/2022 2:37:53 PM
Four things we learned from Spain's Matchday 8 this weekend La Liga goes into the second international break of the season after a weekend of upsets that leaves us with three teams tied at the top of the table. Here are a few things we learned this weekend in Spain. 1. BARCA WITHOUT A RUDDER Following last week's Champions League thrashing at Benfica, it was generally assumed that defeat to Atletico Madrid would be Ronald Koeman's swansong at the club and there were no noises emitted to the contrary from the Barca boardroom. However, be...
Four things we learned from Spain's Matchday 8 this weekend
Four things we learned from Spain's Matchday 8 this weekend
Source: IANS
5/10/2021 11:49:37 AM
Atletico Madrid extend coach Diego Simeone's contract La Liga champions Atletico Madrid announced the extension of the contract of coach Diego Simeone and his technical staff until the end of June 2024. The new deal, announced on Thursday evening, comes after Simeone led Atletico to last season's La Liga title -- the eighth trophy the club has won since he took over at the end of 2011. His first season at the club he represented in two spells -- as a player he saw Atletico win the Europa League, while in the 2012/13 campaign, they won ...
Atletico Madrid extend coach Diego Simeone's contract
Atletico Madrid extend coach Diego Simeone's contract
Source: IANS
9/07/2021 11:12:43 AM
Atletico Madrid lead cut to one point after 1-1 draw with Betis Atletico Madrid's lead at the top of La Liga was reduced to just one point after a dramatic 30th round of matches. Atletico were held to a 1-1 draw away to Betis in a game where Yannick Carrasco put them ahead after just five minutes only for Cristian Tello to equalise in the 20th minute of the game on Sunday, Xinhua news reported. Atletico lost Joao Felix and Kieran Trippier through injury in the game, while Thomas Lemar also picked up an injury before kick-off. Angel Correa mis...
Atletico Madrid lead cut to one point after 1-1 draw with Betis
Atletico Madrid lead cut to one point after 1-1 draw with Betis
Source: IANS
12/04/2021 10:52:30 AM
Atletico Madrid lose to Sevilla, leave La Liga title race open La Liga leaders Atletico Madrid lost 1-0 at Sevilla to give hope to Real Madrid and Barcelona in the title race. Atletico goalkeeper Jan Oblak saved Lucas Ocampos's penalty early on but was beaten by Marcos Acuna's second-half header on Sunday, DPA news reports. Atletico are now three points clear of Real Madrid in second, on 66 points from 29 games. Barcelona, third, face Real Valladolid on Monday and if they win will only be a point behind the Rojiblancos with nine games re...
Atletico Madrid lose to Sevilla, leave La Liga title race open
Atletico Madrid lose to Sevilla, leave La Liga title race open
Source: IANS
5/04/2021 11:09:41 AM
Barcelona beat Osasuna 2-0, pile pressure on Atletico FC Barcelona moved to within two points of Atletico Madrid to increase the pressure at the top of La Liga less than 24 hours before Sunday's derby between Atletico and Real Madrid, thanks to a 2-0 win away to Osasuna. Goals from Jordi Alba and Illax Moriba gave Barca a hard-fought win against a rival that caused them lots of problems, especially in the first half in the El Sadar Stadium on Saturday, Xinhua news agency reported. Osasuna started the brighter of the two sides and Jonat...
Barcelona beat Osasuna 2-0, pile pressure on Atletico
Barcelona beat Osasuna 2-0, pile pressure on Atletico
Source: IANS
7/03/2021 12:16:14 PM
Atletico strengthen lead, Real Madrid slip up again Atletico Madrid extended their lead at the top of LaLiga to 10 points in the 21st round of matches last weekend after a 4-2 win in Cadiz. On Sunday, Luis Suarez opened the scoring with a free kick in the 28th minute only for Alvaro Negredo to equalise shortly thereafter, reports Xinhua news agency. Saul's curling effort put Atletico ahead on the stroke of halftime. Cadiz would feel aggrieved as referee Gil Manzano didn't award them a penalty before the break after a clear handba...
Atletico strengthen lead, Real Madrid slip up again
Atletico strengthen lead, Real Madrid slip up again
Source: IANS
1/02/2021 9:05:29 AM