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La Liga in the Champions League: Real Madrid and Atlético Madrid

by Andy Pineda on September 16, 2009 · 5 comments

The group stage of the Cham­pi­ons League began on Tues­day evening, and two La Liga out­fits looked to ini­ti­ate the exor­cism of their per­sonal demons. Real Madrid and its galác­ti­cos played its first Cham­pi­ons League match of the sea­son against an upstart FC Zürich team who, before the match, seemed more inter­ested in whom they […]

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Atlético Madrid Continues Their Stumbling Start

by Andy Pineda on September 14, 2009 · 0 comments

Atlético Madrid pro­longed their fal­ter­ing start with a 1–1 draw against Rac­ing San­tander on Sat­ur­day.  Even with a man advan­tage for the major­ity of the sec­ond half, they lacked the fin­ish­ing touch to nip the win from a feisty San­tander side.  Rac­ing came off a 4–1 drub­bing at El Sar­dinero by Getafe, includ­ing a hat […]

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