Here is the match review from atleti

And now to the wonderful highlights.

Enough said.

In the exciting side of news, is the announcement that Kun Aguero is going to start next to Forlan, after his great showing at the U-20 World Cup this should help him keep the momentum going.

In order to make room for Kun, the Trident won’t be starting. Apparently, Aguirre has decided to leave Reyes in the bench. My guess is that Raul Garcia-Maniche in the midfield with Maxi-Simao on the wings and Kun-Forlan up front.

Good luck to the boys in breaking the Wall of Vojvodina.

The lineup used…
—————————-Leo Franco (Abbiati, m.46)—————————-
Seitaridis (Vara, m.46)–Pablo (Regalón, m.70)–Eller–Pernía (Antonio López, m.46)
—————Raúl García (Costinha, m.46)–Maniche (Luccin, m.46)—————
—–Reyes (Jurado, m.46)——–Maxi——–Simao (Diego Costa, m.46)———-
——————————Mista (Braulio, m.46)——————————-

Among the highlights were Reyes and Pernia. The lows were Maxi and Maniche both missing penalty kicks.

Other team news
- After finally making his team debut Diego Costa looks to be going to Russia, more specifically Moscow though to what team is still unknown.
- Cleber Santana was off on vacation, so his team debut is still on hold.
- Mista and Costinha are rumored to be looking for new teams….good luck guys…especially Costinha, let’s hope that you’re just as good looking as being a pain in the ass.
- Maxi is going to back the Argentina National Team for the friendly against Norway, to be played in Oslo on the 22nd…let’s hope he plays it safe, it’s just a friendly no need to risk anything so early.
- Marca is reporting that Aguirre may want another midfielder if the results don’t go in his favor, let’s take that with a grain of salt since they already have 6 players there and may add another if the Javi Garcia deal goes through. This looks to be add more the Riquelme rumors, which nothing official has been announced.

Diego Forlan - Looking to take over Torres’ main striker role, he was great last season with Villareal, even without Roman. Already showing off, scored the winning goal that put the team in the UEFA Cup. Should be phenomenal with the Trident providing him as many scoring chances as he can manage.

Jose Reyes - Apparently turn down a return to Real so that he could live out his boyhood dream of playing for the colchoneros, where can we get more of this guys? Has always showed that he could be great but has yet to reach that level, this will be his best chance to get there since he will be an important part of the new trident with Maxi and Simao.

Simao - Back in Spain after a not so great time with Barça. Has impressed in the preseason. As he should after a transfer of 20 million euros ($27.3 million).

Luis Garcia - A true colchonero returns to the team that should have never let him go in the first place. Already scored in the preseason against Lazio, though he left hurt he’s apparently ready for action. Not sure how Aguirre will use him but he looks to be an important player this season.

Christian Abbiati - An experienced keeper that takes over Pichu Cuellar as the main backup. After Pichu’s horrible showing last season a change was needed, Abbiati comes thanks to the Milan pipeline that has loaned other players in the past.

Cleber Santana - Arrives from Santos, he looks good on youtube clips. Has yet to make his debut with the first team, since the team was over the non-EU limit, but now that Perea has been nationalized the spot is been cleared for him to play.

Diego Costa - A young Brazilian forward that comes from Sporting Braga. Looks to be loaned out to get him some more first team experience.

“No esta aqui”
Fernando Torres - Off to better pastures after achieving icon status. Wish him luck with Liverpool.

Gabi - After not getting enough first team chances has moved to the newly rebuilt Zaragoza, another team that has reloaded on all fronts.

Luciano Galletti - Off to Greece with Olympiakos.

Martin Petrov - After being injured for most of his only season in Madrid, moves to the blue side of Manchester to be part of the Ericksson regime.

Arizmendi - After looking good as Deportivo’s only attacking option last season, Atletico bought him back only to sell him to Valencia, so that he misses open chances at the Riazor.

“Is he or is he not”
Juan Roman Riquelme - Rumors were hot that he was going to join ol’ pal Forlan at the Calderon, they have cooled off since. I don’t see him coming, plus I don’t think he would be a good fit for this team, as great as Roman is he needs the ball all the time to be productive and with the Trident he wouldn’t get his way as much as he did on those Villareal teams that he made look amazing.

Javi Garcia - A Spanish U-20 international from Madrid’s youth system, he wants first team action and won’t get it with Real. A few teams are after him, he has his eyes set on the rojiblancos but Real doesn’t want him there. We will see soon who wins this one out.

Nicola Legrottaglie - Italian defender that played 28 times with Juventus last season, but the Old Lady doesn’t want him anymore. He looks to arrive on a free. If this means that Eller is out I’m all for it, plus it’ll free up a non-EU spot, double whammy!!

My name is Andrey and I’m proud to be blogging for Atletico Madrid this upcoming season. Thanks to the King’s Ransom that we got for Niño Torres, Atleti has put together what I can see being soccer’s version of the Phoenix Suns, a running and entertaining team, hopefully with better results than Nash & Co.

A little about me, I’ve been a fan of Atletico since the early nineties, watching the Liga on Saturday afternoons was one of the highlights of my weekends while growing up in Costa Rica.
I remember those great teams with Futre and Schuster fondly, then I even got to like Luis Garcia, even with him being Mexican and all, nothing against the Aztecs in personal terms but when it comes to soccer we just don’t like them much. Sadly after coming to the US, I missed out on seeing the Double,though Simeone is still The Captain, during their time in Segunda it was hard since I couldn’t follow them as close. But now thanks to GolTV we have gotten acquainted once more and it’s like nothing happened.

This is my first blogging experience so any comments or suggestions are welcomed. Here are a couple of cool clips I thought I’ll share.

As some of you may know, Atletico will be leaving the Vicente Calderon soon and here is a clip of the new stadium, which looks amazing

Great ad describing what we all feel about our teams we follow so close…