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.

The Argentine praised his team currently and spoke about Sunday's match at Anoeta against Jagoba Arrasate’s Real Sociedad.

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.

After the draw held at the Grimaldi Forum in Monaco we now know who our opponents will be in the Champions League.

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.

The goalkeeper spoke after the final whistle to draw positive conclusions about the Super Cup and kept looking forward.

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.

Words of praise to his men as Simeone reflected on the meeting in Barcelona that ended in a draw . His men gave everything the coach was proud.

Atletico Madrid put in an excellent performance and pushed Barcelona all the way. Filipe Luis was sent off and Messi smashed a penalty off the crossbar. Arda was also dismissed from the bench. Barcelona crowned Spanish Super Cup winners without winning a match.

Atletico Madrid finalised preparations for the second leg of the Spanish super Cup at the Ciudad Deportiva Dani Jarque, Espanyol in Sant Adria in a closed session.