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Other than Falcao...

Hi there,

Just thought it might be a nice change to take the emphasis of last night's game off your own performance. Atlético's recent results suggest that they must be doing something right.

One of the things I noticed in other threads is that Falcao is virtually the only Atlético player who gets a mention, but surely they must have had other good performers.

Personally, I thought Arda Turan was excellent building their attacks, and that Mario Suárez played the holding midfield role really well. I also thought Adrian, and later his sub, Christian "Onion" Rodríguez, proved very incisive down the wing.

A mention must also be made of manager Cholo Simeone. The guy is a club legend and as a player always displayed great leadership qualities on the pitch. This ascendancy has obviously been instrumental in orchestrating the huge turnaround, especially in terms of attitude and commitment, that they've shown since he took over in December. Premature to say this, but if he's capable of carrying this over to other clubs, it wouldn't surprise me if he eventually took over at a bigger club and led them to greater heights.

How about you, who else at Atlético apart from Falcao do you think deserves a mention for last night's performance.

posted on 1/9/12

That mario suarez was quality, everytime we got a attack going he'd get gaps covered

posted on 1/9/12

Turan was great

posted on 1/9/12

Pity Courtois wasn't given much to do last night. He's been excellent for Atletico. Chelsea are going to have trouble retaining him If Cech doesn't start to fade any time soon.

posted on 1/9/12

Cech has started fading already

posted on 1/9/12

turan, juanfran too played v well.

adrian has lost a little confidence following te olympics, but that will come back..

surely atleti will qualify for the champions league this season

posted on 1/9/12

Suarez had a great game.

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