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Torres pleased with Atletico Madrid

Fernando Torres has stated that he is pleased with the way Atletico Madrid is playing at the moment.


He said that every player is doing their best on the pitch and he hopes that this good run will continue for as long as possible.

Atletico Madrid is unbeaten in both La Liga as well as the Champions League and Fernando Torres believes that this run will continue for quite some time. He said that it is a privilege for Atletico Madrid to be in this position and that he knows that Bayern will be a tough competitor. He said that the objective of Atletico Madrid is to finish top of their group and for that, it is important that they beat the smaller sides.

He said that Bayern would drop only a few points in their group and it is important that they remain consistent if they want to finish at the top of their group.

He said that it is imperative that they collect maximum points before facing Bayern in Germany as it will be a tough game there. He said that Atletico Madrid would want to build on their good run at the moment to make sure that they qualify before their final group game.

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Fernando Torres states that the Champions League final is the biggest game of his life

Atletico Madrid striker Fernando Torres has said that the Champions League final will be the biggest game of his career.


For him, this is a dream that will come true as he has always wanted to win the biggest trophy in European football with Atletico Madrid.

Indeed, Torres started his career with Atletico Madrid after having gone through their entire youth system. He will explode on the European scene with them during the 2002-2003 season where he will score 13 goals in 29 appearances for them. From then on, he will go and establish himself as one of the best strikers in European football.

He will then go on and move to the Premier League where he will sign for Liverpool and then Chelsea. He will manage to win the Champions League with the London club in 2012, but his form will ultimately decline afterward because of an injury. His poor form will cause him to lose favor with Chelsea, and he will return to his childhood club, Atletico Madrid.

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Atletico Madrid won an unlikely league title a few years ago

Atletico Madrid won an unlikely league title a few years ago and not many expect them to repeat the same feat again with the likes of Barcelona and Real Madrid growing evermore stronger.

Atletico, though, have tried to prove this notion wrong by splashing out on several players in this transfer window. They have been one of the highest spenders in the summer after bringing in the likes of Jackson Martinez from Porto. The arrival of several new faces is likely to threaten the position of Fernando Torres in the team. The former Chelsea forward is on loan from AC Milan.

He is regarded as a legend at Atletico, but this is unlikely to help him in terms of first-team opportunities. Torres appears to be aware of it, and he claims that he will help Atletico in any way to help lift the league title once again. The 31-year-old forward is no longer at the prime of his career. He appears to have lost the bulk of his pace along with his finishing skills as well. A lifelong Atletico fan, he watched his team lift the league title. Torres appears to be keen on doing the same as a player. He has never won the la Liga title.

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Fernando Torres liked the way the Chelsea supporters stood up

Fernando Torres liked the way the Chelsea supporters stood up and clapped for Steven Gerrard the other day when he was coming off the pitch having played his part in the match.

It was the last time Gerrard was making an appearance at Stamford Bridge.

Because of the Reds and the Blues being arch rivals, Gerrard has almost always been on the receiving end on his visits to Bridge and yesterday was no different either.

He was subject to some rude comments again, but, at the time he was taken off by his manager in the second half, each and every spectator present there showed a respectful gesture towards the playmaker.

According to Torres, it was wonderful to see the standing ovation being given to Gerrard as he deserves it.

The 31-year old wrote on a social networking site, “The legend being clapped off. What a gesture, so nice of Chelsea fans, privileged to have been a part of both the teams in the past.”

The gesture did not impress Gerrard himself though. He sounded a bit sarcastic of the fact that after ruthlessly bombarding him with abuses for a big part of the contest, the Blues fans opted to hand him a respectful ovation.

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Fernando Torres managed to score 20 goals in 110 appearances

Fernando Torres managed to score 20 goals in 110 appearances during his time performing with Chelsea. This is a very underwhelming record for any forward and it’s even less impressive taking into consideration that the Spanish player arrived with to Stamford Bridge a price tag of €50 million.

However, even with this very disappointing record that Fernando Torres created in the team of Jose Mourinho, Torres revealed that his decision to leave Chelsea and join Ac.Milan was not a decision of the Portuguese manager.

Torres joined Ac.Milan in August of 2014 on a 2 year long loan deal and it was initially believed that this transfer was engineered by Jose Mourinho as he tried to kick-start the career of Torres and hopefully find the spark that he needed to start scoring goals on a consistent basis but it never happened as the Spanish player still struggled getting goals despite making a move to the Italian club, Ac.Milan.

The 31 year old player Spanish forward announced that this switch was a personal decision of his and it had nothing to do with Jose Mourinho or anything else.

‘’Mourinho has always been good to me. The decision to leave was a personal one because I needed more, I needed to feel important. Mourinho and I have a good relationship and still today we continue to talk to each other.’’ Fernando Torres said.

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Ancelotti questions ref ‘courage’

Ancelotti inquiries ref ‘courage’
Carlo Ancelotti says the referee lacked the courage to award Chelsea a “clear” penalty in their one- Champions League quarter-last 1st-leg defeat by Manchester United.

Wenger fury at the doubters
ARSENE WENGER came out fighting – with London rivals and Paul Merson targeted

Demonising Rooney has to cease, urges Ferdinand
Rio Ferdinand previous night mentioned that the nation need to comply with Wayne Rooney “as a footballer fairly than retain lynching him” after the Manchester United striker’s target noticed his aspect get a enormous stride in the direction of the Champions League semi-finals.

Ancelotti questions ref ‘courage’

Ancelotti queries ref ‘courage’
Carlo Ancelotti says the referee lacked the courage to award Chelsea a “clear” penalty in their one- Champions League quarter-final 1st-leg defeat by Manchester United.

Arrogance is not confined to these on the pitch, Sir Alex
The football time has seven weeks to operate and all items are achievable. In theory, Tottenham could win the Champions League, Stoke City could win the FA Cup, why, Fernando Torres could be voted Footballer of the Yr.

Wenger fury at the doubters
ARSENE WENGER came out fighting – with London rivals and Paul Merson targeted

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