The Atlético Madrid Chronicle
Player ratings14 Sep 2026
Nobody could get near Álex Baena
Successful dribbles: 31. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Market14 Sep 2026
Dávid Hancko asks to leave Atlético Madrid
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Squad14 Sep 2026
Tempers go at Atlético Madrid
Julián Álvarez was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
Match12 Sep 2026
4 matches without a win for Atlético Madrid
The run now stands at 4, and the questions being asked around Atlético Madrid are no longer polite ones.
Squad14 Sep 2026
No hiding place for Marcos Llorente
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Marcos Llorente, and the manager let it.
Player ratings14 Sep 2026
Thomas Lemar in the eights
A performance of 9.10 does not come along often, and when it does the rest of the team becomes scenery. He was magnificent.
Player ratings14 Sep 2026
One of those days for Johnny Cardoso
There is a version of this player everybody suspected was in there, and on this evidence it is. 8.69, and no argument anywhere in the ground.
Match12 Sep 2026
Atlético Madrid and Rayo Vallecano take a point apiece
It finished 3‑3, and it somehow always looked like it would. One of those afternoons where the table moves less than the tempers.
Player ratings14 Sep 2026
A costly moment from Robin Le Normand
One lapse, one goal, and ninety minutes of honest work counting for nothing. That is the job at Atlético Madrid, and it is a cruel one.
In brief
- Squad Johnny Cardoso is off the mark for Atlético Madrid
- Squad Thomas Lemar finally opens his account
- Market The market said no: Koke stays put