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November 28th 2011 Episode 26 The One after the derbi So another derbi came and went and it will have to be in the 13th year when we end the draught of victories against Real Madrid. Despite a solid start from the team with a stunning play and goal by reality-rather-than-promise Adrián the team conceded two penalties that had two red cards attached leaving a shameful 4-1 on the scoreboard. Much can be said about the referee but we found Manzano mostly to blame...again. We summoned our good friend Joakim Jonsson (@joakimjnsson on Twitter) colchonero friend and contributor to www.svenskafans.com and MadridAtleticos to give us his view on the derbi. We also have Andy Muirhead from the prestigious Scotzine (@scotzine on Twitter) to talk about the match ahead versus Celtic and give us insight on what Atleti will find on Wednesday at Celtic Park. Rayo, the goalkeeper dilemma, giggling Reyes among other topics. Sit back, listen and enjoy to your weekly Atleti in English! This is Atleti is cohosted by Ricardo Men

November 23rd 2011 Episode 25 The One before the derbi Ok, so we won, big deal! The crew isn't too happy with the unexciting win over Levante 3-2. Manzano's team bored the rival during an hour and then when supporters really gor tired of the situation and reminded Manzano he had la Perla growing cobwebs in the bench so him, Adrián, Pizzi and the rest of the team managed to barely get away with a win in a 15 minute frenzy where 4 goals were scored, 3 on our side. We also talk in depth derbi pre match analysis. We're heading for quite a ride next Saturday and we just hope our players and manager are up to the challenge. This is Atleti is cohosted by Ricardo Menéndez, Gary Nunn and Derek Maaijen (@rickyam, @madridatleticos @AtleticoFans on Twitter) Gary is cofounder of www.madridatleticos.com writes for US based ForzaFutbol and Madrid based magazine European Vibe. Ricardo Menendez co hosts the Spanish version of the show Esto es Atleti. He writes for www.forzaatleti.com and has contributed to www.lavidaenr

November 7th 2011 Episode 24 The One when Manzano got sentenced So right when we thought we where getting out of the deep mud we slip again and all looks gloomier than ever. After a promising 4-0 win versus Udinese we were unable to defeat Getafe who played a whole hour with a man less! Shameful Atlético that leaves Manzano walking the tightrope with no nets below. Just the international breaks, the lack of solid substitutes and how close the derbi is seem to have saved Gregorio...at least for now. To explain all this and to raise the level of the show As reporter Dani Hidalgo joins us. Always a pleasure to have good knowledgeable friends like Dani to give us insight about what his newspaper is running as news and even more interesting, the nitty gritty gossipy stories we seldom hear about. Here it comes again, your favorite rojiblanco show. This is Atleti is cohosted by Ricardo Menéndez, Gary Nunn and Derek Maaijen (@rickyam, @madridatleticos @AtleticoFans on Twitter) Gary is cofounder of www.madridat

October 31st 2011 Episode 23 The One when we don't get carried away. So we won but yet the feeling of having lost so many points during October still weigh on our spirits. We talk about Manzano's solid match point save winning Zaragoza 3-1 after being defeated again on a game away at Bilbao by a harming 3-0 with a horrible second half. Supporters are far from being happy and chants against the coach from Jaen have already arisen. Meanwhile Reyes had a run in with Gregorio due to not agreeing with a substitution. La Perla is known for his difficult character and might prove a time bomb for Manzano. Plus very last minute interest of Villarreal in snatching Adrián. Listen to it all here on this week's episode. This is Atleti is cohosted by Ricardo Menéndez, Gary Nunn and Derek Maaijen (@rickyam, @madridatleticos @AtleticoFans on Twitter) Gary is cofounder of www.madridatleticos.com writes for Irish site The Score and Madrid based magazine European Vibe. Ricardo Menendez co hosts the Spanish version of the

October 24th 2011 Episode 22 The One with more questions than answers. We invited Florian Tiemann (@flooo09 on Twitter) from our beloved German Peña (Centuria Germana) to spend some time with us discussing the disappointing Udinese and Mallorca matches. A loss and a draw that leave too many questions in the air starting with how solid the ground that Manzano steps upon actually is. We also had the immense privilege of having a nice prematch chat with Tim Stannard (a.k.a. @LaLigaLoca) who give us his always fresh, unbiased and analytical on Atleti, madrilean teams and La Liga in general so far this season. This is Atleti is cohosted by Ricardo Menéndez, Gary Nunn and Derek Maaijen (@rickyam, @madridatleticos @AtleticoFans on Twitter) Gary is cofounder of www.madridatleticos.com writes for Irish site The Score and Madrid based magazine European Vibe. Ricardo Menendez co hosts the Spanish version of the show Esto es Atleti. He writes for www.forzaatleti.com and has contributed to www.lavidaenrojiblanco.co

October 18th 2011 Gary, our Gary, and Julio Megia from the Spanish Esto es Atleti podcast interview Diego Costa with a more than juicy headline: Falcao isn't like Kun...refering to Radamel's need of being surronded by good passers to do his job. We called him to wish him well during his recovery period but he ended up cheering us up with his energy and mental stregth. Diego Costa, not the most elegant striker you've seen but definitely a brave man and player. This is Atleti is cohosted by Ricardo Menéndez, Gary Nunn and Derek Maaijen (@rickyam, @madridatleticos @AtleticoFans on Twitter) Gary is cofounder of www.madridatleticos.com writes for Irish site The Score and Madrid based magazine European Vibe. Ricardo Menendez co hosts the Spanish version of the show Esto es Atleti. He writes for www.forzaatleti.com and has contributed to www.lavidaenrojiblanco.com www.spanishfootball.info and www.madridatleticos.com. Derek is part of the dutch Atletico Peña. He writes for and co owns Atletico Fans www.atleticof

October 16th 2011 21 - The One after the break Again from the inside of Gary's car and connecting with Derek from Holland we recorded the podcast the day after the disappointing draw versus Granada. The podcast is recorded in fact in the parking lot of the Atlético "Cerro del Espino" training facilities at Majadahonda. We give our views of the always dangerous international breaks. This time Salvio, Silvio and Arda came back injured. The team restarted the la Liga end of October sprint unsteadily but has to find the way of get results in the two weeks to come where we face Udinese away in the Europa League while we receive Mallorca and Zaragoza and travel to Bilbao for 3 Liga games in 8 days. Make or break for the rojiblancos. Join us for another on the road episode! This is Atleti is cohosted by Ricardo Menéndez, Gary Nunn and Derek Maaijen (@rickyam, @madridatleticos @AtleticoFans on Twitter) Gary is cofounder of www.madridatleticos.com writes for Irish site The Score and Madrid based magazine European

October 3rd 2011 20 - The One with Martin After the shameful defeat versus Barça, Atleti had another challenging week ahead where as Gary predicted Atlético de Madrid struggled at Rennes and only managed to scrape a last minute draw versus Stade. On Sunday Atletico also drew nil nil against Sevilla in a typical underground fouly match full of yellow cards. Gary had a nice prematch chat with Paul Wilkes from La Liga UK, Cristian from Centuria Germana, MadridAtleticos most recent writer Florian and probably the first Atleti blogger in English Kevin from the Belgian Peña. We also had on the show again Martin Rosenow from AtleticoFans to give us his views in a specially early morning edition of the show. We hope you enjoy it. This is Atleti is cohosted by Ricardo Menéndez, Gary Nunn and Derek Maaijen (@rickyam, @madridatleticos @AtleticoFans on Twitter) Gary is cofounder of www.madridatleticos.com writes for Irish site The Score and Madrid based magazine European Vibe. Ricardo Menendez co hosts the Spanish ve

September 28th 2011 Episode19 - Life after Barça (the One when we woke up from the dream) Post shock group therapy. We release the anger and frustration of a humbling 5-0 defeat vs Barcelona with a brilliant Messi and a stunning Xavi that needed no more than 25 minutes to knock us senseless. A baffling defensive line up and a general bad player and system selection had most spotlights on Manzano as the one to blame. We discuss the game in full detail and the upcoming challenges of this week versus Rennes at the away match of the Europa League and a tough home match versus Sevilla an direct opponent in our race to reach a spot in Champions League for the next season. This is Atleti is cohosted by Ricardo Menéndez, Gary Nunn and Derek Maaijen (@rickyam, @madridatleticos @AtleticoFans on Twitter) Gary is cofounder of www.madridatleticos.com writes for Irish site The Score and Madrid based magazine European Vibe. Ricardo Menendez co hosts the Spanish version of the show Esto es Atleti. He writes for www.forzaa

September 22nd 2011 Episode18 - The One before Barça. We receive Centuria Germana peña president André Kahle still in the middle of the excitement for the great football displayed versus Racing and Sporting with identical 4-0 wins, added to the easy 2-0 win over Celtics in the first round of Europa League and 6 goals by newly born local idol Radamel Falcao. André gives us an update on the initiative to form a European Association of Peñas and we look ahead to the upcoming match versus Barcelona which should set the trend for the rest of the season as to where the team's expectations stand. Gary is on a bad backache and couldn't make it in ship shape for the program. We send him our best wishes for a fast recovery and hope he's on the next show. This is Atleti is cohosted by Ricardo Menéndez, Gary Nunn and Derek Maaijen (@rickyam, @madridatleticos @AtleticoFans on Twitter) Gary is cofounder of www.madridatleticos.com writes for Irish site The Score and Madrid based magazine European Vibe. Ricardo Menende

September 12th 2011 Episode17-Hail, hail the Celts are here! (The One with Kieran Canning) We go over the disappointing 1-0 defeat vs Valencia and meet a very special guest as a warm-up for the Europa League match versus Celtic Glasgow with a lifelong Celt supporter and reputed sports blogger and podcaster Kieran Canning (@kierancanning on Twitter) from http://www.SpanishFootball.info (@EspanaFutbol on Twitter) Kieran started writing about Spanish football in 2009 during a year’s study in Pamplona. He joined the spanishfootball.info team for the 2010/11 season. Kieran also writes on Spanish football for the Press Association and contributes on all matters of European football for The Scotsman newspaper. An entertaing and wonderful conversation with someone so insightful on Scottish and Spanish football brings all there is to know about the upcoming UEFA Europa League as well as a neutral view on the rojiblancos. Belated Happy Birthday to Centuria Germana president and great buddy André Kahle. This is Atlet

Co hosted by Ricardo Menéndez, Gary Nunn and Derek Maaijen (@rickyam, @madridatleticos @AtleticoFans on Twitter) Gary is cofounder of www.madridatleticos.com writes for Irish site The Score and Madrid based magazine European Vibe. Ricardo Menendez co hosts the Spanish version of the show Esto es Atleti. He writes for www.forzaatleti.com and has contributed to www.lavidaenrojiblanco.com www.spanishfootball.info and www.madridatleticos.com. Derek is part of the dutch Atletico Peña. He writes for and co owns Atletico Fans www.atleticofans.com 16 The First One of the Second Season We could have perfectly well called this "The One we recorded inside Gary's car" because we did a sophisticated 3G connected program Madrid-Holland from inside Gary's car right after Diego Ribas' presentation. We missed the unexciting 0-3 friendly vs Fuenlabrada to have the program recorded but we did have time to comment extensely on the Europa League qualifying round, the first slightly disappointing draw in Liga vs Osasuna, th

Atletico de Madrid held the presentation of Diego Ribas at the VIP room of the Vicente Calderón stadium. The event was hosted by Gonzalo Miró with the participation of José Luis Pérez Caminero, sports manager and Roberto Simon Marina, 80s midfielder and club lifelong member (youth talent, player, assistant coach various times with Luis Aragonés and currently second coach of Atletico de Madrid B). This recording is the full presentation event recorded and dubbed to English by Gary Nunn and Ricardo Menéndez.

Atletico de Madrid held the presentation of Radamel Falcao at the VIP room of the Vicente Calderón stadium. The event was hosted by Gonzalo Miró wit the participation of Enrique Cerezo, president of the club, José Luis Pérez Caminero, sports manager and Paulo Futre, legend player who made the move as well from Porto to Atleti 24 years ago. This recording is the full presentation event dubbed to English by Ricardo Menéndez.

28th July 2011 We asked Fran Mérida for his view on how the dressing room felt after the slightly disappointing 2-1 win over Stromsgodset on the 1st leg of the 3rd qualifying round of Europa League. We also wanted his views on how the dressing room saw the way stands rejected De Gea and Kun's manner of exiting the club. Finally we wanted to know how he faces the new season and whether he held higher hopes to play more often. New club policy added to audio and editing setbacks have kept us from offering the regular share of post match player and coach views. We expect to correct this in the future. info@thisisatleti.com www.thisisatleti.com www.facebook.com/thisisatleti www.twitter.com/thisisatleti

27th July 2011 Co hosted by Ricardo Menéndez, Gary Nunn and Derek Maaijen (@rickyam, @madridatleticos @AtleticoFans on Twitter) Gary is cofounder of www.madridatleticos.com writes for Irish site The Score and Madrid based magazine European Vibe. Ricardo Menendez co hosts the Spanish version of the show Esto es Atleti. He writes for www.forzaatleti.com and has contributed to www.lavidaenrojiblanco.com www.spanishfootball.info and www.madridatleticos.com. Derek is part of the dutch Atletico Peña. He writes for and co owns Atletico Fans www.atleticofans.com 15 The One when the vikings came We asked our Norwegian football expert and good buddie Ole Aasheim, president of the Norwegian Peña to analyze our Europa League opponent Strømsgodset IF.The Norwegian cup champion is a young and unexperienced squad but full of spirit to make things hard for us and live this once in a lifetime European experience to the maximum. Gary and Ricky attended the prematch press conferences the same afternoon Kun was definitely s

July 12th 2011 Co hosted by Ricardo Menéndez, Gary Nunn and Derek Maaijen (@rickyam, @madridatleticos @AtleticoFans on Twitter) Gary is cofounder of www.madridatleticos.com writes for Irish site The Score and Madrid based magazine European Vibe. Ricardo Menendez co hosts the Spanish version of the show Esto es Atleti. He writes for www.forzaatleti.com and has contributed to www.lavidaenrojiblanco.com and www.madridatleticos.com. Derek is part of the dutch Atletico Peña. He writes for and co owns Atletico Fans www.atleticofans.com 14 The One when Gary went to LA Gary is really busy this summer. He decided to pay a visit to the boys at the Los Angeles de San Rafael training facilities. The traditional summer preseason headquarters where the team prepares for the long season ahead. With Ujfalusi and De Gea out of the picture and Kun wanting to bail we ponder on how the situation might unfold and have our first one to one interview with a team player. In this case Juanfran, a real team player and team build

June 29th 2011 Special episode hosted by Gary Nunn @madridatleticos on Twitter) Gary is cofounder of www.madridatleticos.com writes for Irish site The Score and Madrid based magazine European Vibe. Ricardo Menendez and Derek Maaijen couldn't be with Gary on this special one to one interview but will be back on the next episode 13 The One with Tim In-depth chat with La Liga expert Tim Stannard. Tim a.k.a. @LaLigaLoca on Twitter is a confessed Getafe supporter, he writes for the prestigious football site FourFourTwo and contributes to Football365. Gary had the chance and pleasure of chatting with right before De Gea's presser so though they chat about La Liga and specially Atleti's present and future, De Gea's sale to ManU is more than present in the conversation. info@thisisatleti.com www.thisisatleti.com www.facebook.com/thisisatleti www.twitter.com/thisisatleti

June 21st 2011 Co hosted by Ricardo Menéndez, Gary Nunn and Derek Maaijen (@rickyam, @madridatleticos @AtleticoFans on Twitter) Gary is cofounder of www.madridatleticos.com writes for Irish site The Score and Madrid based magazine European Vibe. Ricardo Menendez co hosts the Spanish version of the show Esto es Atleti. He writes for www.forzaatleti.com and has contributed to www.lavidaenrojiblanco.com and www.madridatleticos.com. Derek is part of the dutch Atletico Peña. He writes for and co owns Atletico Fans www.atleticofans.com 12 The One when almost everyone got sold Our first summer interrim special episode to sum up the (mainly depressing) new around the rojiblancos. Manzano's appointment, a possible buyer for the club, lack of signings, the Kun soap opera, Ujfalusi's transfer to Galatasaray, Reyes rejecting to follow, Forlan being publicly invited to leave... Please don't forget to visit their excellent sites: www.madridatleticos.com www.facebook.com/madridatleticos www.AtleticoFans.com www.

May 27th 2011 Co hosted by Ricardo Menéndez, Gary Nunn and Derek Maaijen (@rickyam, @madridatleticos @AtleticoFans on Twitter) Gary is cofounder of www.madridatleticos.com writes for Irish site The Score and Madrid based magazine European Vibe. Ricardo Menendez co hosts the Spanish version of the show Esto es Atleti. He writes for www.forzaatleti.com and has contributed to www.lavidaenrojiblanco.com and www.madridatleticos.com. Derek is part of the dutch Atletico Peña. He writes for and co owns Atletico Fans www.atleticofans.com Season finale with the complete crews of AtleticoFans and MadridAtleticos. The Atleti world is shattered with the news of Kun Agüero deciding to leave the squad and David De Gea seeming to be on his way out as well. We deal with the mostly disappointing news that this week to forget has brought and that will probably bear effects for many seasons to come as the whole sports area has to be reconsidered in the light of the team being torn apart. The two biggest English speakin