Atletico Madrid squad relaxes between pyramids – La Liga News
For a few hours, Atletico Madrid changed their fiefdom from Madrid area Pyramids, the http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Vicente-c36001 Calderon, to the real Pyramids of Giza. The club are visiting Egypt to play a friendly match against Zamalek on Thursday, November 10 and found time to relax in
the picturesque desert.
Dressed in red shirts, Atletico players and coaches landed in the historical monuments with the match against Zamalek in hindsight. The Egyptian club will celebrate their centenary anniversary this year and invited the Spanish club as part of the festivities.
However, in shadow of the pyramids of Cheops, Chephren and Mycerinus, it was a different scenario. The players forgot for a while their crushing defeat against 10-man Getafe last Sunday and turned to take pictures of the historical landmarks.
"This is beautiful and the pyramids are a must in http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Sergio-Asenjo-c33042 said. The gloves man is visiting Egypt for the first time since 2009. His last visit came during the Sub'20 World celebrations. The goalkeeper did concede that Nile country continues
to amaze him.
Some of the players have spoken against the defeat against Getafe, Brazilian playmaker, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Diego-c11058 being the most vocal. The former Juventus man commented that the team lacks continuity and focus on Spanish League matches, something that rarely happens in other
European clubs.
Police protected the team and surrounded them which scared the persistent papyrus and figurines sellers in the beginning. They soon ignored the police and began offering trinkets to the players, who could not escape the harassment faced by all tourists of
the Pyramids .
Fervent fans of the Spanish league, were treated their favourite players in live action. They took out their phones and began on a frenzy to take pictures with the players. The great divide of language could not restrain them from starting a conversation
with their heroes.
"They do not understand much, really," defender http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Barcelona-c38604 and Real Madrid.
Dominguez took out time to talk about the match against Zamalek: "It will be a tough game because they are here and want to please their audience in the centenary, but we have the obligation to win wherever we are," said Dominguez.
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