Atletico Madrid – Football Flame

14Mar

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Late Morata goal gives Atletico key La Liga win

Alvaro Morata of Atletico Madrid celebrates with teammates after scoring the team's first goal during the LaLiga Santander match between Girona FC and Atletico de Madrid at Montilivi Stadium on March 13, 2023 in Girona, Spain.It took Alvaro Morata and his Atletico Madrid teammates more than three minutes to be able to celebrate the striker’s important winner against Girona in Spain’s La Liga. Morata’s goal early in second half added time on Monday was confirmed only after a lengthy video review, but it finally counted to give Atletico the 1-0 win and sole possession of third place. Atletico entered the match level on points with Real Sociedad, who on Sunday were held 1-1 at Mallorca. Diego Simeone’s team are still eight points behind second-placed Real Madrid, and 17 behind league le...

5Mar

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Atletico Madrid, LALIGA, Memphis Depay, Sevilla

Depay brace sparks Atletico’s 6-1 rout of Sevilla

Antoine Griezmann of Atletico Madrid celebrates 3-1 with Stefan Savic of Atletico Madrid, Axel Witsel of Atletico Madrid, Yannick Carrasco of Atletico Madrid, Memphis Depay of Atletico Madrid, Thomas Lemar of Atletico Madrid during the La Liga Santander match between Atletico Madrid v Sevilla at the Estadio Civitas Metropolitano on March 4, 2023 in Madrid Spain.Memphis Depay has scored twice in his first start for Atletico Madrid and sparked a 6-1 thrashing of Sevilla as Diego Simeone coached a club-record 613th game. Atletico’s biggest win of the season lifted them above Real Sociedad and into third place in the Spanish league. Simeone set a new club milestone by surpassing the previous mark of 612 games coached by Luis Aragones. Since taking over in December 2011, the Argentine has...

4Feb

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Atletico Madrid, Enes Unal, Getafe, LALIGA

Atletico Madrid held to 1-1 draw against Getafe

(L-R) Stefan Savic of Atletico Madrid, Enes Unal of Getafe CF during the La Liga Santander match between Atletico Madrid v Getafe at the Estadio Civitas Metropolitano on February 4, 2023 in Madrid Spain.Atletico Madrid dominated the game but were held to a 1-1 draw on Saturday by LaLiga’s second-from-bottom side Getafe who equalized late in the second half thanks to an Enes Unal penalty. Atletico missed several chances to take an early lead, eventually scoring in the 60th minute when Angel Correa fired a volley into the net from a rebound. But Getafe secured a precious point away from home in the 83rd minute after the referee spotted a handball by Saul Niguez inside the box. Unal stepped up and blasted in the resulting penalty. Atletico are fourth in the LaLiga standings on 35 points, four...

22Jan

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Antoine Griezmann, Atletico Madrid, LALIGA

Griezmann shines as Atletico thrash Valladolid

Antoine Griezmann of Atletico de Madrid battle for the ball with Kike Perez of Real Valladolid CF during the LaLiga Santander match between Atletico de Madrid and Real Valladolid CF at Civitas Metropolitano Stadium on January 21, 2023 in Madrid, Spain.Atletico Madrid produced one of their best performances of the season to thrash Real Valladolid 3-0 on Saturday, with Memphis Depay making his debut. The Dutch forward, signed from Barcelona on Friday, came off the bench in the second half but by then Antoine Griezmann’s virtuoso display had the hosts in full control at the Metropolitano. The French forward produced a sublime assist for Alvaro Morata to open the scoring and then struck the second himself. Mario Hermoso netted the third from the rebound after his header from Griezmann’s free-k...

17Dec

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Atletico Madrid, Joao Felix, TRANSFERS

Joao Felix linked with a move away from Atletico Madrid in January

Joao Felix of Portugal looks on during the Group H - FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 match between Portugal and Ghana at the Stadium 974 on November 24, 2022 in Doha, Qatar.Atletico Madrid forward Joao Felix looks set to leave the La Liga club during the January transfer window, due to a reported break down in relations between him and club coach Diego Simeone. Despite the club wanting to keep Felix they expect the forward to depart soon. There are numerous clubs across Europe interested in acquiring the 23-year-old forwards services, the latest being Chelsea in the Premier League. According to Fichajes report, Felix is also being targets by Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp during the upcoming transfer window having lost Darwin Nunez for the season due to injury. Liverpool are also said to be showing...

10Nov

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Atletico Madrid, LALIGA, Vedat Muriqi

Atletico lose again as World Cup looms

Mallorca's Kosovar forward Vedat Muriqi (C) vies with Atletico Madrid's Argentinian midfielder Rodrigo de Paul (L) and Atletico Madrid's Brazilian defender Felipe Augusto de Almeida during the Spanish league football match between RCD Mallorca and Club Atletico de Madrid at the Visit Mallorca Stadium in Palma de Mallorca on November 9, 2022.The World Cup break cannot come soon enough for Atletico Madrid. Their struggles continued on Wednesday with a 1-0 loss at Mallorca in the Spanish league, extending the team’s winless streak to five matches in all competitions. The latest setback dropped Diego Simeone’s side to sixth place going into the World Cup break, 13 points off leaders Barcelona. Vedat Muriqi extended his recent scoring run to score Mallorca’s winner from close range in the 16th ...

27Oct

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Atletico Madrid, BARCELONA FC, BAYERN MUNICH, UCL

Barcelona, Atletico exit Champions League; Liverpool through

Sadio Mane of Bayern Munich warm up prior of the UEFA Champions League group C match between FC Barcelona and FC Bayern München at Spotify Camp Nou on October 26, 2022 in Barcelona, Spain.Barcelona was eliminated from the Champions League on Wednesday even before enduring yet another 3-0 beating by Bayern Munich. Atletico Madrid also went out following an extraordinary sequence around a penalty awarded by video review after the final whistle of its 2-2 draw with Bayer Leverkusen. Atletico’s spot kick was saved before a frantic scramble in the goalmouth still could not bring the winning goal the Spanish club needed to prevent Porto advancing thanks to its 4-0 win earlier at group leader Club Brugge. Canadian international Stephen Eustaquio scored as Porto punished Club Brugge’s defensive mi...