Excellent match from Atletico Madrid who were superior to Real Sociedad . Villa scored his first league goal for the club and Koke doubled the lead, Xabi Prieto pulled one back and Courtois was the hero at the end with two great saves.
The midfielder attended the press conference to talk about how lucky we were in the draw for the Champions League , the game against Real Sociedad especially his return to the national team.
Del Bosque announced the 23 players who played the games against Finland in a 2014 World Cup qualifier on 6 September, and Chile in a friendly match on 10th of September. Furthermore, Courtois , Arda , Bono , Godin , Cristian Rodriguez and Giménez will join up with their national teams.
This Thursday will see the draw for the group stage of the UEFA Champions League. The draw for the first round of the competition in which we meet our first three opponents of the European continent 's showpiece . You can follow the draw from 18.00 hours on our Twitter (@ Atleti ) as well as on Canal + and TVE.
As the authoritative voice of the changing room, Gabi spoke after the Spanish Super Cup in the Camp Nou and praised the incredible effort by all his teammates who were so close to winning the title.