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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