http://atletico.theoffside.com News from Atlético Madrid Spanish football team Fri, 20 Nov 2009 06:51:02 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en No, I am not quitting. However, the next few weeks will be a bit busy (exams and such) and I don't want my posts to tank simply because I'm concentrated on other stuff. So I thought, if any of you readers want a crack at blogging for a few weeks ... http://atletico.theoffside.com/wat/help-wanted.html No, I didn't forget to put a "thousand" there. Atletico really just got fined 150 euros for the object that was thrown at Real Madrid manager Manuel Pellegrini. The bearers of the fine, the Comité de Competición, claim that the impact of the object was so minimal that it can't ... http://atletico.theoffside.com/team-news/atletico-gets-fined-150-euros.html Diego Forlan is featured in the latest version of Men's Health (Spain version) and he'll show you how to get rid of the belly and get toned. Pick up your copy at the newsstand nowhere near you if you want to read more. Forlan on playing well: "In order to play ... http://atletico.theoffside.com/interesting-stuff/get-ripped-like-forlan.html Nice to see Atlético play against a team with a worse defense than ours. The game looked like one that was being played for the sake of taking out the anger from the derby loss of last weekend. The goals seemed easy and the team oozed of confidence, mostly due ... http://atletico.theoffside.com/review/atletico-6-marbella-0-taking-it-out-on-the-chumps.html The headline is as blunt as I can get about this post. All I need to show you is one statistic. 7 points from 10 matches played. Catastrophic? Indeed. The team is doing so bad, that the inconsistent and unpredictable Atletico of last year is dearly missed. You could have at least ... http://atletico.theoffside.com/review/an-analysis-of-how-much-we-suck.html I know that it has been about 10 years since Atletico win against Real Madrid, but who cares. It’s the damn Derbi Madrileño. Be excited. It’s one of those bottom vs. top fixtures (we’re in 17th, they’re in 2nd) but we’re still expecting the upset, despite a ten year hex in ... http://atletico.theoffside.com/preview/atletico-vs-real-mandril-el-derbi-returns.html I'm not a big fan of reprinting news, but this interview was one that I had to share with everyone. It was done with Marca, just in time for the derby clash on Saturday. El Cacha talks about everything from Champions League elimination, Real Madrid, Quique Flores' methods, World Cup ... http://atletico.theoffside.com/team-news/diego-forlan-interview.html ...and who the hell knew that he could score free kicks? We're dumped out of the Champions League, but at the same time, have plenty to look forward to, and a performance to applaud. The team that played today was one that was absent all season and played with all their ... http://atletico.theoffside.com/review/atletico-2-chelsea-2-aguero-is-baaack.html We aint afraid man, I swear. The mighty Chelsea is in town and despite the 4-0 thrashing that they gave us two weeks ago, our confidence is through the roof, according to Quique. What is there to be afraid of, to be honest? The fact is, they are group leaders ... http://atletico.theoffside.com/review/atletico-vs-chelsea-scary-teams-scaring-teams.html It hurts. Once again, there is no purpose in a review. Pretty much, it was an unfortunate first result for Quique Sanchez and the team suffered once again from bad set piece defense, despite playing a good second half and hitting the crossbar on three separate occasions. It's such a letdown ... http://atletico.theoffside.com/review/athletic-bilbao-1-atletico-0-danggg.html