AS editor Alfredo Relaño gives his thoughts on Atlético's game against Rayo and Valladolid's pitch controversy, and looks ahead to the game against Real Madrid and Girona.

AS editor Alfredo Relaño gives his thoughts on Atlético's game against Rayo and Valladolid's pitch controversy, and looks ahead to the game against Real Madrid and Girona.

Filipe Luis made a decision to leave Atlético and followed through with it once before, in 2014. Simeone's side had just been crowned league champions but the Brazilian left-back decided that that chapter of his career had concluded.

In Tallinn last night, Atlético captain Diego Godín lifted the European Super Cup aloft and in doing so, ended a long-term curse...


EUROPEAN SUPER CUP

EUROPEAN SUPER CUP
If Tangier seemed a far off place to Barça and Sevilla, imagine what Tallinn feels like to madridistas and atléticos


ATLETICO MADRID
These two fixtures will serve as fitting curtain raisers before Wednesday night's UEFA Super Cup clash.


ATLÉTICO MADRID
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