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EXCLUSIVE: Red Imps aiming to prove Celtic's shock of Gibraltar was no one-off

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EXCLUSIVE: Red Imps aiming to prove Celtic's shock of Gibraltar was no one-off As the famous quote from Monty Python states ‘Nobody expects the Spanish Inquisition’. It’s fair to say that nobody expected what happened six days ago at the Vittoria Stadium on the Rock of Gibraltar either, in front of 5000 people who couldn’t believe what they were seeing....

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 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...

Real Madrid Must be Ready for Battle with Atleti in Champions League Final

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Real Madrid Must be Ready for Battle with Atleti in Champions League Final The 2014 Champions League final ultimately came down to one juncture moment and, much as everyone at Real Madrid and Atletico Madrid has tried to deny it, the 2016 showdown could well be decided by the same spectacular passage of play.Everything depends on how Diego Simeone’s respond to Sergio...

How to Make Profit in Buabook's Champions League Final Market

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How to Make Profit in Buabook's Champions League Final Market Saturday marks the final club game of a lengthy season as Real Madrid and Atletico Madrid battle it out to secure Champions League glory. The pair met in the 2014 final in Lisbon, as Real Madrid came out victors in a 4-1 win, the victory securing Los Blancos long-awaited La Decima.However, securing ...

Gabi Key in Atleti's Bid to Avenge 2014 Champions League Final Loss

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Gabi Key in Atleti's Bid to Avenge 2014 Champions League Final Loss A little over two years ago, Real Madrid faced off against Atletico Madrid to contest the Champions League final. On Saturday, the pair resume rivalries to fight it out to determine who is Europe’s best club team. The 4-1 defeat in Lisbon will have hurt, particularly with the manner of the los...

Resurgent Torres Playing Himself into Atleti Future

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Resurgent Torres Playing Himself into Atleti Future On the final day of the La Liga season, Fernando Torres opened the scoring for his boyhood club with an acrobatic effort. It was the seventh time this season that El Nino scored the opening goal for Atlético Madrid. While that goal came too late to impact the title race, it may have been just...

City Centre-backs Vital Ahead of Moutainous Madrid Mission

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City Centre-backs Vital Ahead of Moutainous Madrid Mission It's fair to say that last week’s 0-0 draw between Manchester City and Real Madrid failed to live up to expectations. Neutrals watched and waited for goals, but ultimately; neither attack had the desired effect. Instead, both sets of defences remained steadfast and rightly earned the plaudits ...

Contrasting Styles Pushed to the Limit as Atletico Overcome Bayern

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Contrasting Styles Pushed to the Limit as Atletico Overcome Bayern It was an epic night that pushed everyone right to the limit, and fittingly crackled with tension right until the final second, but ultimately only showed how unbending everything about a Diego Simeone side is.After Atletico Madrid’s 2-2 away-goal win over Bayern Munich, to reach the third Cha...

Concrete-strong Atletico Dent Bayern's Champions League Hopes

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Concrete-strong Atletico Dent Bayern's Champions League Hopes It has been set up as a grand clash of philosophies, but only one team has so far put in a grand display of their principles. Diego Simeone said that Atletico Madrid had offered a performance “very close to what we wanted” in their screw-tight 1-0 win over Bayern Munich, while Pep Guardi...