Diego Pablo Simeone spoke in the press conference before the match against Milan saying he expects "the best Milan" in a game with "no favorites" to be playing with "focus and determination" to achieve victory.

Saul Ñíguez remains contracted at Atletico Madrid until June 30th 2019. The club has seen tremendous future in the payer extended their contractual relationship.

The club has decided to extend the professional relationship with Raúl García until June 30th 2018. The Navarra born player re joined the team in 2007 and is one of three captains for the first team.

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The Atletico coach called up all available players from the first team to travel to Milan and for the first leg of the knockout stages of the Champions League.

After the morning session, 10 players from the first team answered questions from the media in the Cerro del Espino. They all agree that motivation is "high" to try to get a good result in Milan in a "difficult" game.

On Wednesday February 19th and Atlético will face AC Milan in the San Siro in the first leg of the second round of the continental showpiece. Seizing the moment, twitter Europe and the two teams will launch a digital initiative pioneered around the concept of Fair Play.

The Atletico center back got the third goal with his head. The Uruguayan emphasised the illusion of the whole team after the victory against Valladolid.

The Atletico striker spoke in the mixed zone recognizing that they were confident in the changing room after the last meeting, which has helped them record three points against Valladolid.

Diego Pablo Simeone said at a press conference that the team " knew how to interpret the game" the result puts the team in "a nice situation" taking the tally to 60 points and to the top of the league.