A bicycle kick from Olivier Giroud has put Chelsea in the driving seat in their Champions League Last 16 tie with Atletico Madrid. Diego Simeone’s men were dogged in defence but a lapse allowed Giroud to pounce and score a precious away goal.
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Luis Suarez is set to move to Atletico Madrid after they agreed a fee with Barcelona. Barca announced that they had agreed a deal which would see the Catalan club receive €6m. Suarez spent six successful years at the Camp Nou scoring 198 goals.
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Atletico Madrid’s players and manager Diego Simeone, the highest-paid coach in the world, have accepted a 70% pay cut as the club deals with the economic impact of La Liga’s indefinite suspension and Spain’s state of emergency due to the coronavirus pandemic.
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Champions League holders Liverpool saw their defence come to a shuddering halt as Atletico Madrid progressed to the quarter-finals 4-2 on aggregate, after recording a 3-2 second-leg victory after extra-time at Anfield. Marcos Llorente scored a brace from the bench for Atleti.
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Atletico Madrid have signed 19 year old João Félix for €126m making him the second most expensive teenager in history. The club record fee brings the talented attacker to the Spanish capital on a seven year contract.
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