The Atlético Madrid Chronicle
Squad23 Aug 2027
A fracture rules Dávid Hancko out for 103 days
Bones knit. That is the one merciful thing about this injury and the reason Atlético Madrid will talk about it more openly than they would about a knee. He will be back, and roughly when they say.
Match21 Aug 2027
Atlético Madrid make home a hard place to visit
11 without defeat on their own grass. The pitch has not changed; the crowd has — louder earlier, and quicker to sense when the opposition would rather be somewhere else.
Boardroom23 Aug 2027
Gonzalo Flores signs on for the long haul
Atlético Madrid moved before anybody else could: a new deal for Gonzalo Flores, agreed quietly and announced loudly. Boards extend managers for many reasons; the good one is the one this looks like.
Squad23 Aug 2027
Cristian Romero in a row with a teammate
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Atlético Madrid this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Boardroom23 Aug 2027
Graduation day at Atlético Madrid
5 boys move up, and somewhere in the building the people who coached them at twelve are quietly having the best morning of their working year. Nothing about this shows up in a result and it is why the academy exists.
Market23 Aug 2027
Pablo Barrios is free to find somewhere else
“I was told straight, and I would rather have it straight.” The manager at Atlético Madrid has been clear about where Pablo Barrios stands, which is more than many ever get.
Market23 Aug 2027
Atlético Madrid promote Marc Campos from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Marc Campos has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.
Market23 Aug 2027
One of our own: Jaime Navarro joins the Atlético Madrid first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Jaime Navarro is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market23 Aug 2027
Manuel Duran steps up from the Atlético Madrid academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Manuel Duran has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.
In brief
- Player ratings The game went through Álex Baena — 6.78
- Match Two points walk out of the ground
- The dugout When it matters, Ademola Lookman plays