Despite starting, the youth said at the conclusion of the meeting that he left with a bittersweet taste because the team had not achieved its goal.

Diego Pablo Simeone praised his team's performance against Rubin Kazan. He said they only failed to convert the superiority in to goals.

Atletico won in Moscow but the victory was not enough to keep going in the Europa League. A good performance by Atletico as Falcao scored for the third straight game.

The Atletico Madrid striker said the knock out is not resolved and says they’ll do all they can to break the Russian defensive approach.

The Atletico coach still hopes that his side can reverse the score line from the Calderon.

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.