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Real Madrid, Atletico Madrid 'non-aggression pact' is pure nonsense
Janusz Michallik thinks Real Madrid and Atletico were more concerned with their upcoming UCL bouts than the Madrid derby.
Antoine Griezmann scored in the 85th minute to earn Atletico a draw with Real Madrid at the Bernabeu.
Zinedine Zidane says Real deserved to take the points against Atleti, but says they didn't help themselves to achieve that.
Despite leaving the Bernabeu with a point, Diego Simeone feels that Atletico had the opportunity to steal a win.
When pressed on Antoine Griezmann's future, Diego Simeone reveals he is in the dark, but praises his qualities nonetheless.
Recent days have shown that the idea of a "non-aggression pact" between Real Madrid and Atletico Madrid, which in theory stopped Madrid from taking players from their cross-town neighbours, never really existed.
It seems clear now that the idea that the Estadio Santiago Bernabeu hierarchy, and especially president Florentino Perez, would ever act in any other way than pure self-interest was always fanciful, and that no such barrier stands between possible moves by Madrid for the much-sought-after...Real vs. Bayern a real UCL blockbuster with no margin for error. Who will win?
With both clubs having key league derbies over the weekend, the FC panel agree those won't affect their UCL performances.
This is not what football's founding fathers intended. Any enduring conspiracy involving "hot balls and cold balls" and rigged draws to keep the heavyweights apart suffered a blow when Real Madrid were pitted against Bayern Munich in the Champions League quarterfinals.
UEFA club rankings may be purely mathematical constructs (although they're probably somewhat more reliable than their cousins, the FIFA rankings), but they are pretty unequivocal here. They look at the past five seasons, and they...
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