The Atletico midfielder knows the difficulty of getting a result that will neutralize the advantage that Rubin Kazan have from their trip to the Calderon, but hopes to turn the tie around.

The referee will be in charge of the match between Espanyol and Atletico at the Vicente Calderon this Sunday at 7 pm.

Atletico will fight the cold with Nike thermal materials such as, vests, pants, hats, gloves...

For the second day the Atletico players trained on the same surface they’ll be greated with in Russia.

Diego Costa and Insua cannot participate and Juanfran, Godin, Filipe, Tiago, Gabi, Arda and Koke will not travel.

Oscar Herencia, CEO of Metlife Iberia, and Enrique Cerezo publicly presented the agreement between the insurer and the Atletico academy in an event attended by Mario Suarez and Koke along with numerous other youth players and prominent personalities from the club.

The first team returned to work after the victory in Valladolid. Those who did not start in the José Zorrilla began to prepare on the artificial turf like the one that will be played on in the Luzhniki Stadium.

Diego Costa was a constant threat to Valladolid defence.

Diego Godin stressed the importance of this victory against Valladolid away from Calderon.