Atletico coach still confident after Schalke loss

    Thursday, August 14, 2008

    Atletico Madrid coach Javier Aguirre is confident his side will still qualify for the Champions League group stages despite seeing them slump to a 1-0 defeat against Schalke in the first leg of their third qualifying round tie. Atletico, playing in the competition for the first time in over a decade, were left with an uphill battle for the return match later this month after going down to Christian Pander's first-half free-kick in an encounter that also saw the Spanish side lose Antonio Lopez t ...

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