On paper a great looking squad but the managerial merry go round always lets them down and will probably finish between 7-11

Javier Aguirre is a great manager, and I think he was a great signing when the club decided to get him. Look what he did to Osasuna in 4 seasons!

Carlos Bianchi was very bad last season, he got fired after a while and then Pepe Murcia came, but didn't give any bigger effect on the team.

This surely looks a lot better with Aguirre, and hopefully we'll get Raul Garcia. It's a lot of money, and Putos are interested in him. Go away Putos!

The first pre-season game was won earlier today against Atlético B. The goals was scored by Sergio Agüero (1:0 after 26 minutes of play) and Azcárate after 43 minutes of play.

i cant tell is this a old thread or new one?

Thread started at Jul-19-2006 22:11

another thread where Zoran can talk to himself in

Viva Torres!!!!

why leave Spain for Manchester that is stupid its the other way around my friends (Forlan/Becks/Ronaldo in a month hopefully)

Fernando Torres finally commented the rumours about him and Manchester United and he decided to stay with Atlético. I'm glad he isn't leaving Atlético, and I certainly hope he starts performing well for once.

The team is travelling to Dresden, Germany where they're going to train and play two friendly-games against Energie Cottbus tomorrow, and Dynamo Dresden on the 29th of July.

Squad for the Germany & China tour:

Goalkeepers: Cuéllar, Leo Franco och Falcón

Defenders: López, Perea, Pablo, Pernía, Azcárate, Seitaridis and Zé Castro

Midfielders: Galletti, Maxi, Petrov, Valera, Gabi, Luccin, Miguel de las Cuevas and Costinha

Attackers: Torres, Kežman, Agüero, Braulio and Toché

Aguirre has left out Ibagaza, Musampa, Velasco, Garcia Calvo and now the latest player to be left out is Molinero.

Transfers:

The Costinha deal is finally done after medical tests which he passed. He's officially a Atlético-player now.

Osasuna has turned down Atlético's offers for Raul Garcia, and it looks like he isn't coming Atlético.

Energie Cottbus (1) vs. Atlético de Madrid (1)

Goalscorers: 0:1 Agüero (45'), 1:1 Vanguart ('71)

The first 45 minutes was Atlético's and they played very well on the midfield. Sergio Agüero scored Atlético's goal, Kezman with the pass for the second time in two games. Ivan Cúellar got the chance tonight instead of Leo Franco. He had the clean sheet until the 71st minute, when Atlético had substituted many players which resulted in a equalizer.

Atlético Madrid: Cuéllar; Seitaridis (Valera, 46’), Pablo Ibáñez (Azcárate, 50’), Perea (Zé Castro, 50’), Pernía (Antonio López, 46’); Gabi, Luccin, Galletti, Petrov (Miguel de las Cuevas, 50’); Agüero (Braulio, 46’) och Kezman (Toché, 46’).

Energie Cottbus: Piplica; Jianey, Mckema, Kukecka, Rost; Rivic, Munteanu, Shao, Mitreski; Radu y Kuntpel. También jugaron Tremmel, Aaurhart, Da Silva, Aidoo, Jzelegi, Mikel, Kanik, Vangart och Ladzowski.

Mista signed. Don't know how good is he thuogh.
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