Antoine Griezmann scored twice on the afternoon of his 100th Atlético appearance to earn a deserved 3-0 win over Valencia on Sunday.
Kevin Gameiro was also on target in a dominant performance from Cholo’s men, who move back up to fourth place above Real Sociedad with the three points.
After their loss against Barcelona last Sunday and with Real Sociedad catching up with their place at the Table, Atleti will need a secure win to continue going up even if they are facing RC Deportivo, such team currently struggling with just one point ahead from LaLiga’s relegation. Kick-off in the Municipal de Riazor is
Atlético Madrid captain Gabi has received a substantial offer to go and play in China, AtléticoFans understands.
A source close to the site has told us that the 33 year-old is considering his options after the bid came in from an unnamed Chinese Super League club.
Real Madrid’s loss to Valencia means Atlético can pick up points on the top two in a key rematch of Atlético’s close 3-2 aggregate loss in the Copa del Rey semi-final.
Barcelona on the other hand are not in their best form, having suffered a 4-0 loss at the hands of PSG and the Champions League and only just edged past Leganés in La Liga last weekend.
Atletico Madrid set themselves up for a good chance to reach the Champions League quarter-finals after they won 4-2 over Bayer Leverkusen in the first leg of their Round of 16 tie at the BayArena.
Watch the video below to see Carlo Valladares and Atletico Fans’ four takeaways from Tuesday’s win.
Atlético Madrid got their Champions League knock-out stage off to a flyer on Tuesday night, winning 4-2 away at Bayer Leverkusen with a vintage counter-attacking performance.
Goals from Saúl Ñíguez, Antoine Griezmann, a Kevin Gameiro penalty and Fernando Torres earned a hard fought victory in Germany, giving Cholo’s men a commanding lead ahead of the second leg.
After Gameiro’s spectacular Hat-Trick within five minutes (80′, 82′, 85′) on their last Liga match against Sporting de Gijón, Atleti faces pressure focusing back to the Champions League. This will be their first leg match at the Round of 16 this season, and the first match for the Champions since December. Atlético Madrid will travel and start the
Bernd Leno, goalkeeper, spoke to Arthur Guisasola of AS USA in Orlando, FL, about facing Atletico Madrid for the Champions League. AS USA: Bernd Leno: “Griezmann y Saúl están a un grandísimo nivel” Bernd Leno, analyzed the future duel against Atlético Madrid. Q: Two years ago, Atlético Madrid eliminated Bayer Leverkusen during penalties. How are
Back in January, Roger Schmidt and Kevin Kampl spoke to Arthur Guisasola of AS USA in Orlando, FL. Both had similar opinions on Simeone’s team this year. AS USA: Schmidt: “El Atlético es más fuerte ahora que la última vez” Atlético de Madrid will face Bayer Leverkusen again in the Round of 16 of the UEFA
Three late goals from Kevin Gameiro earned Atlético Madrid a much needed 4-1 win over Sporting Gijón on Saturday evening, the Frenchman hitting a five minute hat-trick from the bench to clinch the victory.
Yannick Carrasco had opened the scoring for the visitors inside the first 20 seconds of the second half, but Sporting hit back instantly through Sergio Álvarez.