http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Valencia-c40863 lost at the hands of Atletico Madrid two years ago and the Spanish international wants to forget the memories of past that haunt Valencianistas.
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Sergio-c33030 Aguero combined in Atletico Madrid’s attack to lead them to European glory two years ago, beating Valencia in the process.
The dressing rooms of both Spanish outfits have considerably changed since then but the memories of their encounter in Europe is still fresh.
Reflecting on the situation, Los Che striker, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Roberto-Soldado-c31367, voiced his ambition of playing in the final of the Europa League and wants to beat their rivals in the semi-finals to book their tickets for May 9 footballing extravaganza at the Stadionul Național
in Bucharest, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Romania-c2990.
Soldado admitted that despite the fact that he has not heard the players who played in the double header talk about it, it is evident they still remember what happened.
However, he played down its importance. He stated that those memories will be forgotten when they take on the pitch to progress to the finals.
“I have not heard anything in the locker room. Yes it is true that there are not many players of that game, but it is clear that those who played the semi-final will have it in your mind, but forget that. We meet again two years later and hopefully this
time wins the Valencia", he added.
La Liga meetings between the two sides favour Los Che. The outfit from Valencian Community beat Los Rojiblancos 1-0 at the Mestalla with Soldado netting the only goal. On the other hand, the http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Vicente-c36001 Calderon league meeting resulted in a closely fought 0-0
draw.
On this, the former Real Madrid player believes what happened in the league will not have a bearing on the final result as the competition is different.
Continuing on the topic, he added that both teams want European glory more than anything else, which will lead to exciting matches.
The Europa League semi-final meetings will put Soldado head to head with http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Radamel-Falcao-c30276, the man who replaced Diego Forlan and Sergio Aguero at the Vicente Calderon. Falcao is Atletico’s highest goal scorer in the 2011/12 campaign, with an impressive tally
of 30 goals to show for.
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