Spanish La Liga side, Atletico Madrid on Tuesday defeated the Super Eagles of Nigeria 3-2 in a friendly played at the ‘Nest of Champions’ in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State. Former Golden Eaglets star, Kelechi Nwakali put Nigeria ahead but Andrea Correa levelled the score for Atletico Madrid. However, the La Liga outfit drew level in […]
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Goalkeeper Jan Oblak, Juanfran, Gabriel Arena and Fernando Torres are part of a 20-man Atletico Madrid squad that will face the Super Eagles B side in a friendly on Tuesday. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Atletico Madrid Football Club announced the 20-man squad for the friendly match on their official Twitter handle […]
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Antoine Griezmann surely deserves some accolades, as he scored twice on Wednesday to help Atletico Madrid beat Marseille 3-0 at the Parc Olympique Lyonnais, a result that saw them lift their third UEFA Europa League title. Griezmann capitalised on a mistake from Marseille defender Andre-Frank Zambo Anguissa before calmly tucking home after 21 minutes, then latched […]
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Atletico Madrid manager, Diego Simeone, will have to watch the Europa League final against Marseille from the stands after receiving a four-match European ban for insulting a referee, UEFA said on Friday. Simeone was ordered from the touchline during last week’s 1-1 draw in the first leg of their semi-final with Arsenal after a heated […]
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Diego Costa killed Arsene Wenger’s last hope of a glorious Arsenal farewell as his goal sent Atletico Madrid through to the Europa League final on Thursday. Wenger’s 250th European fixture with Arsenal also to proved to be his last, decided by a typically ruthless finish from Costa, who delivered the sort of barnstorming display defenders […]
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In the Europa League game played on Thursday night, Arsenal failed to record a win against 10-man Atletico Madrid, as the visitors forced the hosts a 1-1 draw in the first leg semifinal clash. After a barren first half, the Gunners got in front just after the hour-mark courtesy of a goal from Alexandre Lacazette. […]
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Arsenal and Atletico Madrid both took big strides towards the semi-finals of the UEFA Europa League on Thursday, as they each secured comfortable wins at home in the first leg of their respective quarter-final ties. Arsenal produced a brilliant attacking display to beat CSKA Moscow 4-1, with Aaron Ramsey and Alexandre Lacazette grabbing braces. Meanwhile, […]
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Arsenal, Atletico Madrid, Lazio Roma and RB Leipzig came through during Thursday’s UEFA Europa League action, defending solid results from the first leg and qualifying for the competition’s quarterfinals. The Gunners beat AC Milan 3-1, while Atletico ran rampant in Moscow, crushing Lokomotiv 5-1. RB Leipzig played out a 1-1 draw against Zenit, and Lazio […]
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Arsenal shrugged off their poor recent form to secure an impressive 2-0 win over AC Milan at the San Siro in the first leg of their Europa League last-16 tie on Thursday. Atletico Madrid were also big winners as they cruised to a 3-0 victory over Lokomotiv Moscow at the Wanda Metropolitano. Thursday Recap Arsene […]
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Cristiano Ronaldo bagged a hat-trick with a big 5-2 victory over Real Sociedad in La Liga on Saturday. Zinedine Zidane’s boys have not scaled their usual heights this season and this was still not perfect, but they do look to be finding some form just in time for a potentially season-defining tie with Paris Saint-Germain […]
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