Now Atletico Parties, Tomorrow Starts Thinking about Valencia

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Atletico's victory came after beating city rivals and European defending champion Real Madrid with a score of 4-2. Playing at A. Le Coq Arena on Wednesday (15/8) or Thursday (8/16) morning WIB, the two teams dueled until the extra time round after a 2-2 draw in normal time.

This victory ended Atletico's defeat from Madrid in the European final. Previously, Los Rojiblancos twice netted after losing to Los Blancos in the 2014 Champions League final and 2016. In addition, Atletico were also eliminated from the tournament in 2015 and 2017.

Nevertheless, Atletico cannot be able to stay in the mood for a long time. The problem is, Atletico must quickly focus on the weekend to face Valencia at the Mestalla on Monday (8/20).
"During recent finals, a number of things did not go according to our wishes and prevented us from winning," Atletico coach Diego Simeone revealed at Uefa.com. "We did win the Copa and Supercopa finals in Spain, and now we win again in Europe."

"This gives us great strength, confidence. We have to celebrate now, but tomorrow we have to look and think about the next match against Valencia."

"We have to go from one match to another to start a difficult season in front of us as well as possible," Simeone concluded.