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Simeone's defence to halt Ancelotti's perfect start at Bayern?

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Simeone's defence to halt Ancelotti's perfect start at Bayern? For all the plaudits that Pep Guardiola’s teams deservedly receives, Carlo Ancelotti's record breaking start at Bayern Munich has almost slipped under the radar. He has won each of his opening 8 fixtures with Bayern Munich - with his players scoring 27 and conceding just a single goal.As ever,...

Will Oblak or Neuer come out on top in tight Atletico-Bayern clash?

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Will Oblak or Neuer come out on top in tight Atletico-Bayern clash? While packing all the prestige of Tuesday's clash between Borussia Dortmund and Real Madrid, Wednesday's battle of La Liga and the Bundesliga between Atletico and Bayern promises to be a different prospect entirely. It's a meeting in which the visitors will be keen to exact revenge for their exit to...

Can Torres continue his fine scoring form against Barca?

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Can Torres continue his fine scoring form against Barca? The biggest problem facing Atletico Madrid, or any team taking on Barcelona, is trying to contain the free-scoring triumvirate of Lionel Messi, Luis Suarez and Neymar. The last 3 home games have seen 14 goals scored - 11 of those scored by ‘MSN’ - but they aren’t infallible. After ...

Barcelona must be wary of increasingly adaptable Atletico

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Barcelona must be wary of increasingly adaptable Atletico When a team is at the height of their powers, as Luis Enrique’s squad was when they won an unprecedented treble in recent years, it becomes incredibly hard to improve upon the quality on a player-by-player basis. Barcelona’s transfer policy over the summer is indicative of this very fact...

Barca's Famous Trio Star in Champions League Team of the Week

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Barca's Famous Trio Star in Champions League Team of the Week The Champions League is back. The famous music has returned, with Europe’s top performers plying their trade once more the club football’s grand stage. There was mixed success for the British teams from gameweek one. Manchester City and Leicester secured comfortable wins, Arsenal somehow...

Manchester derby and more in this week's top tips

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Manchester derby and more in this week's top tips That moment when the two enemies appear on the field, and all you can in the calm before the storm is the noise of their rivalry filling the empty space. That is what happens when Pep Guardiola and José Mourinho are within a few metres of grass from one another. Although this time, there is s...

Gameiro Capture Highlights Atletico's Offensive Evolution

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Gameiro Capture Highlights Atletico's Offensive Evolution The tug of war between Atletico Madrid and Sevilla over the course of the summer transfer window has been one of the bigger sagas in La Liga of recent memory. Finally, after Kevin Gameiro was strangely selected to start Los Nervionses’ pre-season friendly against Mainz, the ex-Lorient striker ...

Atletico Surprisingly Flat in Champions League Final Defeat

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Atletico Surprisingly Flat in Champions League Final Defeat As Diego Simeone sat down to his post-Champions League final press conference, he looked properly defeated - and not just in terms of the result.This was the Atletico Madrid manager as we’ve never seen him. There was none of the defiance we’ve come to associate with the Argentine. There ...

Top Tips in Football's Most Lucrative & Most Glamorous Finals

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Top Tips in Football's Most Lucrative & Most Glamorous Finals This weekend marks the finale of a fantastic Champions League campaign, with Atletico and Real facing off in the second Madrid derby in three years in the final of European club football’s grandest stage. While the meeting between the two Liga rivals may be the most glamorous of the season in ...

Top Tips for the Champions League Final Showdown

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Top Tips for the Champions League Final Showdown Real Madrid against Atletico Madrid is much more than your regular Champions League final. This is a final between two fierce clubs from the same city, but one also stoked by the memories from Lisbon two years ago where Atletico were seconds from winning their first Champions League title. Now the s...