Atletico de Madrid Thread
Grrr. My alarm didn't wake me up! 1-0 down against Getafe (One of our fierce rivals) after 62 minutes. Not good.
Down to ten men now 
Fulltime. 1-0. And the Atletico rollercoaster continues... I hate Getafe!
Away though. Still extremely poor to lose a derby. There goes our record of having never lost away against Getafe... 
Through to the next round of the Copa del Rey with a 0-1 win away at Celta. I believe that we're playing Racing Santander in the semi-final. So, that was good!
But a 0-2 home defeat to Malaga has angered many of the fans... *sigh* What a rollercoaster.
Guti's backheel. Anyone see it?
yea that backheel was nice, im pretty sure guti is tom pettys twin
semi finals now.....silverware on the way??
Yeah, true!!
Well, these are the two (well three, cos its two legs) big games! Hopefully we can win something and turn this rubbish season into something good. A double even, with the Europa League! But still have to beat Racing and then probably Sevilla in the final. So it will be hard. But we have a chance!! No Barca or Real left...
Semi final this morning! At home to Racing. It is a real pain not getting home leg in the second leg. But oh well. Have to get a good result now!! Vamos Atletico!
1-0 up! Simao scores after 9 minutes! Great start- VAMOS!!!!!!
2-0! Reyes pounces on some school boy defending to cooly hit it first time into the bottom corner.
Second half has just started. Really important we don't concede!
Cracking atmosphere. A few empty seats though. Still, more noise than the Bernabeu!
Penalty. Forlan steps up... And scores!!! 3-0!
Low and hard. Great penalty. Good counter attack to set it up- great touch from Jurado to beat the defender. Keep it tight now!
Another penalty! Kun is hacked down in the box. Forlan again... Scores again! Atleti 4-0 Racing. Vamos!!!
Straight down the middle.
Wonder save by de Gea to deny them an away goal! El-Ni�o2010-02-05 15:18:54
Ref books four players in a bit of push-and-shove where we defend our own after a pretty nasty tackle. Two for us, two for them. Kun mixing it right up.
Jurado misses a sitter! Although he was surprised it made it through to him.
Kun gets man-handled and then laughs it off.
�Atleti! �Atleti! rings around the stadium. What a team! What a performance! We were under a bit of pressure after the fourth goal, but we stood strong. Aguero- what an amazing player. I love you, Kun.
Typical Atletico. Lose 0-2 at home to Malaga and then win 4-0. I can sense a Cup final!!!! Job not quite done yet, but we're in a brilliant position. Te quiero, Atleti!! I am off to get absolutely hammered. Should save the drink for tonight but f**k it. I'm so happy! Vamos Atleti!
A 1-1 draw in Santander... I'd take that in the second leg too! Although we did struggle today.
ANTIMADRIDISTA. Calderon w**king on about how Ronaldo snubbed Barcelona.
Vamos Atleti!!! To the final; let's get there! Vamos!!!!!
Well, there we are. We lost 3-2, but we're into the final!! Yay!!!! Happy day! Cannot wait for the final! Against Sevilla. Soooo excited; a Cup final at last! Vamos Atletico!!!
Barcelona on the weekend. With Real playing bottom club Xerez, it could be a good opportunity for them to gain ground. Lose on purpose? These are typically epic encounters: 4-3 and 4-2 victories in the last two seasons. And a hiding the season before... Not much defence for Barca though.
I'm away on school camp so I'm going to miss the Barca game! I'd appreciate someone to update this (one man!) thread if somebody cares to look at the game. Vamos Atletico!
Atleti 2 1 Barcelona
Forlan + Simao for a.madrid, simao's was a sick free kick
Ibra got one back for Barca shortly after, all the goals were scored in the first half (19' forlan, 23' simao, 27' ibra if i recall correctly)
Forlan + Simao for a.madrid, simao's was a sick free kick
Ibra got one back for Barca shortly after, all the goals were scored in the first half (19' forlan, 23' simao, 27' ibra if i recall correctly)
Excellent. Happy to win that, although it helps Real. Only team to beat Barca so far this season (in La Liga). Huge 3 points.
Not so great in the Europa League today though. Played well enough, but Leo Franco stopped most of what we threw at him and the late eqauliser that Gala eventually scored was to be expected with the way football goes.
A killer 1-0 defeat to Almeria. Conceded in the 87th minute, which is frustrating. Although very typical Atletico.
0-0 halftime. Pretty dull stuff by all accounts. Really need a goal soon. Turkey isn't an easy place to go though, for sure.
wow forlan hits a 90th minute winner. thats a great result in turkey, through to the next round now
you must be well pleased el nino 
Vamos!! Well chuffed- a find result in Turkey. The red card really helped us. Next up... Sporting!!
wow forlan hits a 90th minute winner. thats a great result in turkey, through to the next round now
you must be well pleased el nino
Exactly. What a day!!
Atletico Madrid 4-1 Valencia!!!! We played so well, although we were playing with one (eventually two) man extra for a large period of the game. Went 0-1 down and battled back, scoring three of our goals in the last 11 minutes. It could have been much worse for Valencia except Cesar was on fire. Top top top result!!! Vamos Atleti! Absolutely buzzing about that- Valencia are right up there too.
Good article here about the Atletico game (although written by a Madrid fan): http://soccernet.espn.go.com/columns/story?id=749101&root=europe&cc=3436
1-1 away at Zaragoza. Reyes got a ridiculous red card which didn't help, although we were 1-0 down then anyway. But the 92nd minute equaliser scored by Ibra after a delightful cross was awesome and really pumping!!
hows tiago playing?