The Brazilian international hit the back of the net just before the interval for the only goal of Atletico Madrid’s club friendly against Al Ain at the http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Vicente-c36001 Calderon.
Atletico Madrid striker, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Diego-Costa-c11116, was the only player who could trouble the scorers as Vicente Calderon faithful watched Los Rojiblancos beat Al Ain. The club friendly saw Diego Simeone field a side mostly consisting of home grown players with a few
first team stars thrown in the midst as well.
The outfit from http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/United-Arab-Emirates-c3033 failed to register a single shot on goal during the entire match. Al Ain suffered their first defeats against a Spanish outfits after registering impressive away friendly victories against Getafe and Rayo Vallecano, earlier
in the preseason.
Getafe stumbled to a 1-2 defeat at the Coliseum Alfonso Perez, while their cross town rivals were humbled to a similar result. However, the Arab side could not deter Atletico in the match, who were fresh from the 4-1 victory over UEFA Champions League winners,
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Chelsea-c38786, in the European Super Cup.
El Cholo was without eight international footballers who had left to report for their respective international duties.
Uruguayan duo of http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Juanfran-c19849 “Koke” Torres were absent
with the excuse of national duties.
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Adrián-López-c3736 also missed the fixture as he complained off muscle aches, leaving Simeone to start fixture with small options at the front.
Atletico were always better on the Vicente Calderon stadium pitch and did not have to put in allot of effort for hogging ball possession. Diego Costa stressed the opposition defences and was in constant activity. He was incisive in his runs ahead and protested
ferociously for a penalty early in the game.
Despite enjoying lion’s share on the ball, Atletico failed to create chances aginst their rivals. However, the hosts were made to go through anxious minutes as Al Ain moved forward in the dying moments of the match to get something to show for their travels
abroad.
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