Match Day 2 is upon us, finally! Unfortunately, our injury list still contains quite a few names: Maniche, Seitaridis, Pablo, Forlán & Simão. Here's who we are left with: STARTING 11: Leo Franco, Perea, Heitinga, Ujfalusi, Pernía, Assunção, Raúl García, Maxi, Sinama-Pongolle & Agüero. Click to continue reading...

(Good news for those of us in the USA: The game will be televised (en vivo!) on channel GolTV.) This game marks the start of a difficult run of games: home to Sevilla, away to Barcelona, home to Real, and away to Villarreal. STARTING 11: Coupet; Seitaridis, Ujfalusi, Perea, Antonio López; Raúl García, Éver, Maxi, Luis García; [. 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...

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...

Grêmio took another significant step towards their first title since 1996 after seeing off title rivals São Paulo 1-0 in the estádio Olímpico ... Click to continue reading...