Atletico Madrid step again set foot in the Champions League

Atletico Madrid step again set foot in the Champions League group phase. They start with a 3-2 victory over Panathinaikos in the playoffs the first meeting last week (19 / 8), Atletico needs only a second series of clashes in the Vicente Calderon stadium later in the morning (RCTI live broadcast at 01.30 pm).

If qualified for the group phase, Atletico would repeat last season's success. At that time, Los Colchoneros-nickname-escape Atletico qualify after 4-1 aggregate win over Schalke 04 (Germany). Three compatriots Atletico also had been waiting in the group phase, namely Barcelona, Real Madrid, and Seville.

Atletico winger Maxi Rodriguez insisted that his team worthy of competing in the elite Champions League. ''From the first day pramusim, the group phase of qualifying for the (Champions League) is our main target,''he said as reported by El Mundo Deportivo.

Success''through the group phase at the same time provide for our spirit to start the competition,''added Argentine players who contributed one goal in the first meeting against Panathinaikos was.

The competition is intended Maxi Spanish Primera Liga 2009-2010 which began rolling this weekend. In early action, a visit to the stable Atletico Malaga in La Rosaleda.

''We're still aiming for a second victory for Panathinaikos 3-2 score was not relatively safe. We can not look relaxed, but also to remove the nervousness in the first home through this season,''said 28-year player.

Yes, the position is not yet safe Atletico. Do not forget, Panathinaikos is a team that never gave up. In the first Laga, Prasinoi-Panathinaikos-term goal could return after they conceded a first. Although melakoni fight away, besutan team coach Henk ten Cate was going to perform nothing to lose because they have to win by a margin of two goals to waltz into the group phase.

Print''two goals in Madrid is a surprise though difficult work could come at any time during the 90 minutes on the field,''Ten Cate in the light of the official club website.

Panathinaikos defense weakening as it looks at the first meeting will be solved with the return of Spanish defender Jose Sarriegi. Without Sarriegi absent in the first fight because of an accumulation of yellow cards, Ten Cate set back from the midfielder Gilberto Silva into central defense to survive.